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KEY TO THE SHORE HIKDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Axillars, gray ; rump, not orange brown. 



Golden Plover. 



Charadrhts dnminicus. 

 See page 73. 



CharadriuB dorainl 



Axillars, smoky black; rump and upper tail coverts, not orange brown. 



This species has four toes (the hind toe being so small that it often escapes notice), 

 and properly belongs in Group 5, Section 3, but owing to the fact that it is con- 

 stantly looked for among the three-toed species it in included in both sections. 



Black-bellied Plover. 

 ChdTddrius squatnrola. 

 See page 72. 



GROUP VI. 



Birds having wings measuring from 9 to 12 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, 4; bill, curved downward. 



Hudaonian Curlew. 



Axilla 



Axillars, reddish 

 brown with nar- 

 row black marks ; 

 Ixlly, huff: bill 

 usually over four 

 inches. 



Long=billed Curlew. 

 Sickle-bill Curlew. 

 Numenius Jonyirontris. 



See page G7. 

 Axillars, banded 

 with slaty brown 

 and dull white; 

 belly, whitish; bill, 

 under four inches. 



Jack Curlew. 

 Hudsonian Curlew. 

 See page 68. 



