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coj's if the sportsman is well concealed. Like 

 the last species, on the marshes and inland it 

 is fond of berries and small fruits, but on the 

 seacoast subsists mostly on snails and marine 

 creatures. 



This bird is considerably smaller than the 

 ' ' sickle-bill ' ' and is not so brightly colored. He 

 is from fifteen to seventeen inches long and has 

 a sail spread of about thirty-three inches. The 

 top of the head is dusky brown with a white 

 stripe through the centre and along each side. 

 A dark strip from the bill through the eye to 

 the ear coverts. Above, duslv^^ browns and 

 blacks, mottled with whitish and dull yellow, the 

 dark shades making the body color. Tail gray- 

 ish brown with indistinct black bars. Primaries 

 dusky brown with lighter mottlings. Linings 

 of the wings pale red-brown with dusky bar- 

 rings, — ^markings which will serve to distinguish 

 this from young and undeveloped specimens of 

 the Sickle-bill. Under parts grayish white. 

 Lower throat and upper breast with duslvy 

 streaks, these becoming arrowheads or broken 

 barrings on breast and flanks. Legs and feet 

 blackish; bill blackish, flesh-colored at base, 



