8C0LOP.\(MF>.i: — TMF-: KNIPK FAMII.Y. 7'i 



bI(1o3, flanks, nnd oilHsum with V-.shnpod marktnKs of dusky lirown; ftxillarH find lining '>t 

 flii> wiiiK palo I'inniiiiioM. till' forin«<r narrowly l)arr<>d witli dusky. Upper partrt Hpotti-d 

 dusky and ImfT. tho wihR-covort.s moro praylsh brown, with dusky Hhaft-HtroakH; prlmarioB, 

 including lli<>ir innor wobs, plain brownish dusky. Uuinp ami ujipi^r tall-covort« Bpottod 

 dusky and liKlit buff. Tail brownish t:ray. barr<'d witli dusky. 



In pluniaK*', tliis htl!<> Curlow clostily rosonil)io8 A', hutlsonicns, but has tho inner w<d)fl 

 of tho primaries oitiuu plain dusky or else Ihicly and confusedly mottled, instead of buincr 

 marked with very dlstint and rofjular ochra^-eous spots; the breast with tranH%'or80 

 V-shaped markinKs instead of linear, loneifudinal streaks, while there are other differen- 

 co?, besides the important ouo of size, which sene to readily distlntcuish them. 



The Little Curlow or "Don;::]! liinl" is of ratln-r coninion oc- 

 currence in Illinois duiin^- the migrations, arriviiifj;, according:: 

 to Mr. Nelson, a little later than .V. Jutd-^onicu,^, passinfjc north 

 with short delay, and returning the last of September and in 

 October. While lingerino" with us it frequents chiefly the wet 

 prairies, in company with the Golden Plover. 



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