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streaked with blackish brown ; bill brown, flesh color on basal half. 

 Length, 16 in. ; wing, 8^ in. 



Hab. Shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean from New Zealand 

 and Australia to Kamchatka and Alaska. On American coast re- 

 corded south of Alaska only from La Paz, Lower California. 



78. Long-billed Curlew. Numenius longirostris. 



" The giant among waders," easily distinguished by its size. Up- 

 per parts reddish buff streaked on head and neck ; under parts light 

 buff ; sides barred with black ; bill black ; legs and feet gray -brown. 

 Length, 2 ft. ; wing, 10^ in. Often called sickle-bill and sickle-bill 

 curlew. 



Hab. Temperate North America, migrating south to Guatemala, 

 Cuba, and Jamaica. Breeds in South Atlantic States in winter. 



79. Willet. Symphemia semipalmata. 



Upper parts brownish gray ; back barred with black ; breast and 

 sides barred with brownish gray ; belly white ; bill black ; feet and 

 legs gray. Length, 16 in. ; wing, 8^ in. 



Hab. Temperate North America, south to the West Indies and 

 Brazil 



(a) Western Willet (Symphemia semipalmata specuhfera). 



Slightly larger than No. 79, not easily distinguished. 

 Hab. Western North America to Mississippi Valley ; occasional 

 on Atlantic Coast. 



80. Ruff. Pavoncella pugnax. 



Male. Easily distinguished by large ruff on neck ; neck and breast 

 reddish brown ; abdomen and under tail coverts white ; much varia- 

 ation in color in different specimens. Length, 12% in. ; wing, j% in. 



Female. Without ruff ; upper parts grayish brown ; back barred 

 with brown ; bill brown ; legs and feet yellow. 



Hab. Northern parts of Old World, straying occasionally to East- 

 ern North America. 



8z. Greater Yellow-legs. Tetanus melanohucus. 



Upper parts gray marked with black ; breast spotted with black ; 

 sides barred with black ; belly white ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 Naples yellow. Length, 14-15 in. ; wing, 8 in. 



