286 HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Length to end of tail 19 inches, to end of wings 18, to end of claws 21 ; 

 wing from flexure 9? ; tail 4 ; extent of wings 33 ; bill along the back 4;^, 

 along the edge of lower mandible 4^; tarsus S,*^? noiddle toe 1/j, its 

 claw 3i>|. Weight 1 lb. 1^ oz. 



The Female resembles the male. 



The bill varies greatly in length : in a specimen now before me, it is 

 2\^, in another 2^^^, while in the individual figured it was 4 J. 



