176 BAY-BIRDS. 



pale reddish-brown ; head and neck streaked with 

 dusky ; upper parts marked with blackish-brown ; 

 tail barred with the same ; abdomen, plain reddish- 

 brown ; feet, bluish. Length, twenty-six inches ; 

 wing, eleven. The bill of the specimen from which 

 this description is taken measures eight inches. 

 The bills of individuals of this species vary, but the 

 length is at all times sufficient to determine the 

 species." Giraud. 



FTJTE. 



Doe-bird. Esquimaux Curlew. 

 Numenius Borealis, Lath. 



This is an upland bird, quite rare, but large, and 

 rather delicate eating. 



" Specific Character. Bill, along the gap, about 

 two inches and a quarter ; tarsi, one inch and five- 

 eighths ; upper parts, dusky brown, with pale yel- 

 lowish-white, marked all over with pale reddish- 

 brown. Adult with a line of white from the bill to 

 the eye; eyelids, white; upper part of the head 

 dusky, spotted in front with greyish-white, a medial 

 band of the same color ; throat, white ; neck and 

 breast yellowish-grey, with longitudinal marks of 

 dusky on the former, pointed spots of the same color 

 on the latter ; abdomen, dull yellowish -white ; flanks, 

 barred with brown ; lower tail coverts the same as 

 the abdomen ; tail and upper tail coverts barred 

 with pale reddish-brown and dusky, tipped with 

 yellowish-white ; upper parts brownish, the feathers 



