8G SHORE BIRDS. 



1877 and probably somewhat later, sometimes associates with 

 other shore birds ; Fig. 102. 



comes north in April. 



2. HUDSONIAN 

 GODWIT, L. HAEMAS- 

 TICA. 15.00; bill, 3.00; 

 upper tail coverts, al- 

 ways pure white ; and * 



tail, black. Head and 



neck, pale chestnut, 

 streaked with dusky ; 

 b e neath b r ight- 

 er chestnut, barred 

 with dusky; back, 5 "' 

 blackish, marked with Gr, D, q, 2. 1-6. 



buff. Winter, back brownish-gray ; head, neck, and beneath 

 grayish-white, grayish anteriorly. Young, differ from last 

 in being buffy throughout. Breeds in eastern N. A. but far 

 north ; migrates south in Aug. and Sep. when it is rare on 

 the coast of N. E. ; not common anywhere ; winters in ex- 

 treme southern S. A. ; comes north in April and May. Fre- 

 quents mud flats and sloughs. Note, low and double. 



3. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, L. LIMOSA. Differs 

 from 1 in having two white wing patches, one at base of pri- 

 maries and one occupying most of the secondaries, both con- 

 spicuous in flight. Northern portions of eastern hemi- 

 sphere, accidental in Greenland. 



r. Curlews. Numenius. 



Large, rather stout birds with long, strongly curved 

 bills, long wings, folding beyond tip of square tail, short, 

 stout legs, and toes with basal membranes. Color, pale or 

 reddish-buff more or less marked with dusky ; figs. 103 to 105. 



1. LONG-BILLED CURLEW, N. LONGIROSTRIS. Larg- 

 est of our Curlews, 24.00; bill, 3.00 to 8.00; pale cinnamon, 

 decided reddish below and on axillaries, marked above with 



