SCOLOPACID^ — THE SNIPE FAMILY — NUMENIU.S. 



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■I. N HudBoniouft. Wiiij,', 9.00-10.25 ; cuhuen, 3.1K)-4.U) ; taisuH, 2.25-2.30; middk' too, 

 1.35-1.40. Lower parts jKilf IjuII', llie l)ri;a.st iiiinkwl with linear streaks ; inner webs of 

 primaries spotted with hull' toward ed^es ; axillars dceiier hull', <listinctly barred with 

 dusky ; erown unite inn dusky, divided liy a median stripe of pale Imlf. llah. The whole 

 of America, including West Indies, but breeding; oidy in the colder rej,'ions ; (ireenlaiul. 



3. N. borealiB. Winu:, H.(Ml-(s.u(t ; culinen, 2.25-2.50 ; tarsus, l.TO-l.HO ; middle toe, 1.00. 



Very similar to Ilmlsonicus, but brea.st with \'-sliaped dusky markinj,'s, a.\illars pule cin- 

 namon, barred with dusky, inner webs of primaries uniform dusky, the whole crown 

 streaked, and without ilistinct median strijie. /lab. Northern and Ea.stern North 

 America, and Southern South America ; no West Indian record ; (Jreenluiul ; occasional 

 in Europe. 

 b. Rump immaculate whiti\ 



4. N. phaeopuB. Win^', n.30-10..50 ; culmen, 3.(K)-3.60 ; tarsus, 2.30-2.50; middle toe, 



1.40. Similar to Iladsnnicioi, liul wlnde rump innnaculate wliite, and axillars white, 

 barred with j,'rayish brown. J/nh. I'ahearctic. African, and Indu-Malayan regions; 

 Greenland. 

 Bi Tlii;,'hs with elon^'ated bristles, projecting' far beyond the feathei-s. 



5. N. tahitiensis. Wiuj,'. !).50-10.40 ; culmen, 2.70-3.70; tarsus, 2.00-2.40 ; middle toe, 



1.35-1.50. Upper tail-coverts ami tail ochiaceous, the latter regularly barred with dusky 

 brown ; crown dark lirown, divided lon;,'itndinally by a wide medial striiie of buff; 

 axillars pale cinnamon or pinkish bull", widely barred with dark brown. JIab. Pacific 

 Islands and coast of Alaska. 



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Numenius longirostria 



THE LONG-BILLEO CURLEW. 



Scolopax arqitafn, var. /3, Omki,. S. N. I. 1788, 656. 



yaiii'iiinsarqitatd, var. B. L,\rn. Ind. Urn. II. 1790, 710. 



M(„wiiu.i loiiiiiroslfh, Wii.s. Am. Urn. Vlii. 1814, 24, pi. 64, 11^. 4. — Sw. k V<wn. F. B. A. II. 



1831, 376. — Nltt. Man. II. 1834, 04. -Auu. Urn. Bioj;. III. 183;-., 240; V. 1830, .'.87, pi. 



231 ; Synop. 1839, 2r»4 ; I). Am. VI. 1843,35, pi. 3.55. — C'.vss. in liaird's B. N. Am. 1858, 713. 



— r.-Mun, Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 549. — CouKs, Key, 1872, 262 ; Check List, 1873, no. 441 ; 



2(1 vd. 1882, no. 613 : Birds X. W. 1874, 508. — llioGW. Xom. X. Aiu. B. 1881, no. 558. 

 Xumaiius riifiis, VlKllx. (ial. Ois. II. 1825, 113, pi. 245 (part). 

 Kumcnius occidcnUdis, Woouii. Pr. Ac. Xat. Sci. Piiilad. VI. 1852, 194 ; Sitgreaves' Rep. 1853, 98, 



pi. 6 (=youii<,' ; AUimpicniue, X. M. ). 

 "? Xumcnius )iielaHoj)UK, ViKIl.i,." 

 "I A'umcnius brasilicmis, Max." 



yvuiig. 



ILvB. Temperate North America, migrating south to Guatemala. Cuba ; Jamaica ; Brazil (?), 

 Sp. Char. The largest American species of this genus. Bill very long, much curved, upper 



nuuidible longer than the under, somowhat knobbed at the tip, wing rather long ; legs moderate ; 



toes united at base. Entire upper parts pale rufous, tinged with ashy, every feather with trans- 



