220 FEATHERED GAME 
stout, curving, from three to four inches long.’ 
The length of the bill varies greatly in different 
specimens. 
This species is not so numerous as either of 
the other two, but it is an occasional visitor in 
every part of our continent, dwelling in the 
north during the summer months and in winter 
migrating with other travelers of the air far into 
the south, to Central and South America. 
ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. ‘‘DOUGH 
BIRD.’’ 
(Numenius borealis.) 
The smallest and most numerous of our cur- 
lews. This species is marked very nearly like 
the Hudsonian, but in ruddier tones. The bill 
is considerably shorter than in the last species 
—from two and one-half to three inches long. 
In length this bird is from twelve to fourteen 
inches, in extent from twenty-seven to twenty- 
nine. The colors, both light and dark, are more 
decided than in hudsonicus. Probably none of 
these birds breed in our borders, but go to the 
Arctic portions of the continent, wandering in 
the fall all through the United States. In all 
