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* Qroup 6. Wing, 9 to 12 inches long. 

 Section 1. Toes, four; bill, curved downward. 



Axillars, reddish brown with narrow black marlcs; bellj , imft; bill, usually over 

 four inches. Numenius longirostris. Long=biUed Curlew. 5ickle=bill Curlew 



•See No. 217. 



Axillars, banded with 

 slaty brown and dull white); 



belly, whitish; bill, under four 

 inches. 



Jack Curlew. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



See No. 218. 



First primary. Hudsonian Curlew. 



Axillars. 



Section 2. Toes, four; bill, curved upward, or nearly 



straight. 



Axillars, rufous ; i)rimarie-i, rufous, 

 dotted with lilia-k. 



Limom fnloa. Harbled Qodwit. 



See No. 203. 



Limosa leitoa. 



Fnr rliiections for measlirenit'iit, see page a. 



