138 ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 



nearly white; breast, yellowish grey tinged with brown. Back, 

 on all the upper part, blackish brown, relieved with light 

 edges to the feathers, on the lower part dark brown with 

 lighter edges. Primaries, dusky brown, the shafts of the first 

 four white, of the others darker, shading into pale brown; 

 secondaries, paler dusky brown ; greater and lesser under wing 

 coverts, chesnut brown, with irregular brown marks. The tail 

 consists of twelve feathers, which are grey, with dark brown 

 bars, edged and tipped with brownish white; upper tail coverts, 

 barred with dark and light shades. Legs and toes, dark green. 



