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stout, curving, from three to four inches long.' 

 The length of the bill varies greatly in different 

 specimens. 



This species is not so numerous as either of 

 the other two, but it is an occasional visitor in 

 every part of our continent, dwelling in the 

 north during the summer months and in winter 

 migrating with other travelers of the air far into 

 the south, to Central and South America. 



ESQUIMAUX CUELEW. ^^ DOUGH 

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(Numenius borealis.) 



The smallest and most numerous of our cur- 

 lews. This species is marked very nearly like 

 the Hudsonian, but in ruddier tones. The bill 

 is considerably shorter than in the last species 

 — from two and one-half to three inches long. 

 In length this bird is from twelve to fourteen 

 inches, in extent from twenty-seven to twenty- 

 nine. The colors, both light and dark, are more 

 decided than in hudsonicus. Probably none of 

 these birds breed in our borders, but go to the 

 Arctic portions of the continent, wandering in 

 the fall all through the United States. In all 



