ESKIMO CURLEW. 



266. Numenius borealis. 13 in. 



Bill short and little decurved. Crown mix- 

 ed brown and white without the two solid 

 lateral stripes as on the Hudsonian Curlew. 



Range. Breeds in northern Mackenzie. 

 Migrates in fall off the Atlantic coast to 

 southern South America and returns in 

 spring by way of the Miss. Valley Now 

 nearly extinct. 



Family CHARADRIID^]. 



BLACK-BILLED PLOVER; BEETLE-HEAD 

 270. Squatarola squatarola. 11.5 in. 



In summer black and white as shown by 

 the lower bird. Young birds without black 

 underneath and spotted with yellowish- 

 white on the back. Feathers under the wing 

 black. A tiny hind toe. 



Note. A plaintive whistle ter-lee. 



Range. Breeds along the Arctic coasts of 

 both hemispheres. Migrates throughout the 

 U. S. and winters south from N. Car. and La. 

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