DESCRIPTION. 



greenish lustre : below, white, with spots of black- 

 ish. Winter adult: Above, grayish-olive, with a 

 faint bronze gloss ; below, white, with a shade of 

 brownish-gray across chest. Young : Similar, but 

 more or less barred with pale, dull buff, and dusky 

 above. 



85. Long -billed Curlew. 



Length 25 inches. Bill curved, about 6J inches 

 long. Upper parts, pale cinnamon, tinged with 

 grayish and varied with blackish ; lower parts, 

 pale cinnamon. 



86. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Length about 18 inches. Bill about 3J inches 

 long. Crown with two stripes of brownish-dusky, 

 enclosing one of huffy, breast streaked with dusky. 



87. Eskimo Curlew. 



Length about 14 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Crown streaked with dusky, without buffy 

 stripe, breast with Y-shaped marks of dusky. 



88. Black-bellied Plover. 



Length about 12 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. A very small rudimentary hind toe. Sum- 

 mer adult: Lower parts black, lower tail-coverts 

 white ; upper parts spotted with dusky and whitish. 

 Winter adult: Lower parts white, marked with 



