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* Group 6. Wing, 9 to 12 inches long. 

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



Axillars, reddish brown with narrow black marks; belly, buff; bill, usually over 

 four inches. Numenius longirostris. Long=billed Curlew. Sickle-bill Curlew 



See No. 217. 



Axillars, banded with 

 slaty brown and dull white]; 



belly, whitish; bill, under four 

 inches. 



Jack Curlew. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



See No. 218. 



First primary. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Axillars. 



Section 2. Toes, four; bill, curved upward, or nearly 



straight. 



Axillars, rufous ; primaries, rufous, 

 dotted with black. 



Limosa fedoa. flarbled Qodwit. 

 See No. 203. 



L-imosa fedoa. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 



