Jan., 1909. Birds ok Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory 



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The eggs are four, buff white or cream white, spotted with choco- 

 late brown more pronounced at the larger end. They measure about 

 1.30 X .95 inches. There are several sets in the Field Museum collec- 

 tion taken in northern Illinois between June 8th and i6th, and a set 

 from Oconto County, Wisconsin, taken June n, 1889. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



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Long-billed Curlew. 



Eskimo Curlew. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



131. Numenius americanus Bechstein. 

 Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longiwstris Wils., A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 97. 



Local name: Sickle-bill. 



Distr.: Temperate North America, migrating south as far as Ja- 

 maica and Guatemala, in winter; breeds in the south Atlantic states 

 and in the interior throughout most of its North American range. 



Adult in summer: Upper parts, marked with buff and black; 

 tail feathers, alternately banded with tawny buff and brown; throat, 



