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U. S. p. K. E. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ^ZOOLOGY — GENEKAL EEPOKT. 



Phaeopus, Ouv. 

 NUMENIUS HUDSONIOUS, Latham. 



short-billed or Hadsonian.Cnrlew. 



Scolopax horealis, Gmelin, Syat. Nat. 1, 1783, 654. (Not of Forster, 1772.)— Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, 1813, 22; pi. Ivi. 



Numenim lorealis, Ord, ed. Wils. VII, 1825. Not of Latham. 



Numenius hudsonicus, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 712.— Bon. Oba. 1825, No. 201.— Sw. P. B. Am. II, 1831, 377.— 



NaxT. Man. II, 1834, 97.— Add. Orn. Biog. IH, 1833, 283 : V, 539; pi. 237.— Ib. Syn. 254.— 



Ib. Birds Am VI, 1843, 42 ; pi. 356. 

 Numenm mdanopus, Vieillot, in part. 



Numenius rufus, Vieillot, Gal. II, 1825, 118; pi. 245. (Mixed with langirostris.) 

 ?Nu7nmius intermedius, Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 100. 



Sp. Ch. — Smaller than the preceding. Bill about twice the length of the head ; wings long; tail short; legs moderate. Head 

 above brownish black, with a longitudinal band ; other upper parts brownish black, tinged with ashy, spotted with dull yellowish 

 white, and lighter on the rump. Under parts dull yellowish white, with longitudinal narrow stripes of blackish brown on the 

 neck and breast ; under wing coverts and axillaries pale ashy rufous, transversely barred with black ; quills brownish black, with 

 transverse bars of pale rufous on the inner webs; tail brownish black, with transverse bars of pale ashy brown. Bill brownish 

 black ; base of lower mandible reddish yellow ; legs greenish brown. Specimens vary in the shade of the lighter colors of the 

 plumage and in the length of the bill Total length about 18 inches ; wing, 9 ; tail, 4 ; bill 3 to 4 ; tarsus, 2i inches. 



Mab. — Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America ; California, (Mr. Cassidy.) 



Smaller, and with the colors different from the preceding. This bird is represented as abun- 

 dant in the northern regions of this continent, but is much less frequent in the United States 

 than the preceding. 



A Numenius ruf/ventris is described by Vigors^ from the west coast of America, which is closely 

 related to the present species, if not the same. 



List of specimens. 



NUMENIUS BOBEALIS, (Forst.) Latham. 



iEsquimanx Carlew. 



Scolopax horealis, Forster, Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 411 ; Albany Fort. 



Numenius horealis, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 712.— Bon. Syn. 1828, 314— Ib. List, 1838.— Sw. P. B. A. II, 1831, 



378; pi Ixv.— Nutt. Man. H, 1834, 100 — Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 69: V, 590; pi. 208.— 



Ib. Syn, 255.— Ib. Birds Amer. VI, 1843, 45; pi. 357. 

 Numenius brevirostris, Lioht. Verz. 1823, No. 774. 

 " Numenim hemirhynchus, Temm." 



Figures. — Aud. B. of Am. pi. 208; Oct. ed. VI, pi. 357. — Rich, and Swains. Faun. Bor. Am. Birds, pi. 65. — Temm. PI. Col- 

 V, pi. 381. 



1 Zool. Journal, IV, Jan. 1829, 356.— In. Zool. of Blossom, 1839, 28. 



