No. 59. 



Numenins borealis. 



This bird may be briefly described by comparing it with the 

 other curlews. General markings and coloration very similar 

 to No. 57 ; prevailing tone of plumage warmer or more reddish 

 than that of No. 58, and bill much slenderer, as well as shorter; 



differing also from No. 58 in having no white stripe on top of 

 the head. Bill blackish, flesh-colored beneath about base. Legs 

 grayish blue. 



Measurements about as follows : length fourteen inches ; 

 extent twenty-eight inches; bill two and a quarter inches. 



