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128. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



Differs from last chiefly in having axil- 

 laries white. Europe, accidental in Green- 

 land. 



129. LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 



Larger, 24; bill, strongly curved varying 

 in length from 3 to 8; cinnamon throughout 

 but more reddish below, marked above and 

 streaked below on neck, breast and sides 

 with dusky; fig. 130. Breeds through the 

 interior of temperate N. A; south in Sept. 

 when formerly not uncommon on coast of 

 N. E. now seldom, if ever, found here; 

 winters chiefly in Guatemala; formerly, up 

 to 1877 and somewhat later was common 

 at this season from N. C. to middle Fla. now 

 none occur over this section; north in April. 

 Note, a shrill, scream-like whistle. Flight, 

 slow with long sweeping wing-beats. 



130. HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 

 Smaller, 17, paler. There is a super- 

 cilliary and central line on head, axillaries 

 banded with dusky. Breeds in far northern 



