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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart No- 18. 



WADERS. 



No. 225. American Avocet, (l^ectirvirostra 

 americana') . 



Temperate North America, chiefly in the middle 

 and western parts rare in the ea^tern United States. 

 Length about 18 in. Bill curved upwards. Upper 

 parts chiefly white, changing to chestnut brown on 

 the neck, breast, and head, with the exception of 

 around the base of the bill, which is white. Scapu- 

 lars, middle wing coverts, and primaries black, in 

 winter the head and neck are ashy or grayish. 



No. 264. Long-billed Curlew, (Numenius 

 longirostris) . 



Summers in temperate North America and winters 

 in Cuba and Guatamela. Breeds in most of its 

 North American range. Length 24 in. Bill meas- 

 uring from 4 to 8 inches in length and much decurved. 

 General plumage washed with rufous of more or less 

 intensity top of head, neck, back and wings varie- 

 gated with black and rufous under parts streaked 

 with dusky and sides marked with arrow heads. 



No. 265. Hudsonian Curlew, (Nwnefims 



hudsonictis.) 



Found throughout North America- Breeds in the 

 far north and in winter migrates south of the United 

 States boundary. Length about 18 in. Bill from 3 

 to 4 inches in length, and curved as in the former. 

 Pattern of the markings about the same as in the 

 former species, but with none of the rufous coloration 

 below and little of it on the upper parts. 



No. 266 Eskimo Curlew , ^ (^Numemus bore- 



alis.) 



Eastern parts of North America, breeding in the 

 far north and wintering south of the United States. 

 Length about 14 inches. Bill from 2 to 3 inches in 

 lengtii and little decurved. Similar to the preceding 

 species but without any median line through the 

 crown and more heavily marked beneath with dusky 

 arrow heads. 



