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Nuniemus microhynchits, Phil. & Landb. Arch, fiir Nat. 1866, p. 129 

 (Chili) ; iid. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 35 (1868 : Island of Chiloe). 



Eskimo Curlew, Cooke, Science, N. S., XXX. No. 780, p. 856 (Dec. 1909; 

 extinction). 



Fig. 156. 



Numcnius borcalis. Adult male. P. U. O. C. 8625. Two thirds natural size. 



General description. 



Size. —Adult Male. (P. U. O. C. 8625, Kendall County, Texas, U. S. A. 

 9 March, 1880, N. C. Brown). 



Total Length, 13 inches. 



Wing, 8.2 inches. 



Culmen, 2.05 inches. 



Tail, 3.1 inches. 



Tarsus, 1.8 inch. 



Aditlt Female. — [V. U. O. C. 8626, Kendall County, Texas, U. S. A. 

 17 March, 1880, N. C. Brown.) 



Total Length, 14.3 inches. 



Wing, 8.9 inches. 



Culmen, 2.35 inches. 



Tail, 3.4 inches. 



Tarsus, 1.9 inch. 



Color. — Adult Male (cited). General color above deep umber brown 



