No. 58. 



Numenius hudsonicus. 



Upper parts brown, the feathers edged and otherwise marked 

 with whitish ; general appearance similar to species No. 57, but 

 paler in tone and more gray. Throat and belly whitish with 

 some pale buff. Crown of the head blackish brown, divided in 

 the middle by a white, or nearly white, streak running from the 



bill backward ; also a dark stripe running from the bill along the 

 side of the head — the head alone easily distinguishing this bird 

 from our other curlews, Nbs. 57 and 59. Bill black or blackish, 

 flesh-colored below near base. Legs blue or bluish. 



Length seventeen to eighteen inches; extent about thirty- 



