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color, plentifully marked with large, irregular blotches and lines of brown- 
ish black. 
Himantopus nigricollis, Bonap. Syn. p. 322. Nutt. ii. 8. Aud. iv, 247; plate 327 ; 
Syn. p. 253. 
GENUS VIII.— NUMENIUS, Briss. —CURLEW. 
871. Numenius borealis, Zath.— Esquimaux Curlew, }Filson, p 473. 
Nests on the shore. Eggs, four, pyriform, green, with spots of umber 
brown. 
Numonius borealis, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. § Swain. ii. 378. Mutt. ii, 101. 
Aud, iii. 69; v. 590; Syn. p. 255; plate 208. 
372. Numenius longirostris, Wilson. — Long-billed Curlew, /Filson, 
p- 550. 
Numenius longirostris, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. § Swain, ii. 376. Nutt. ii. 4. 
Aud. iii. 240 ; v. 587; plate 231; Syn. p. 254. 
373. Numenius borealis, Lath. — Esquimaux Curlew. 
Bill, brownish black ; lower mandible, flesh colored at the base; upper 
part of head, brownish black, streaked with pale yellowish brown, having 
an indistinct central, and two lateral, lines of whitish; upper parts, 
brownish black, spotted with light brownish yellow; wing-coverts and 
secondaries, of a lighter tint, similarly spotted; tail, barred with light 
grayish brown and dark brown; breast and sides, grayish yellow, with 
transverse and longitudinal dark markings; head and neck, yellowish 
gray, striped with dark brown; lower wing and _ tail-coverts, similarly 
barred; axillars, of a rufous buffy tint, regularly banded. Male 144, 27§. 
Habitat, from Texas to the Fur Countries. 
Numenius borealis, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. §& Swain. ii. 378. Nutt. ij, 101 
Aud. iii. 69 ; v. 590; plate 208; Syn. p 255. 
ORDER II.—NATATORES, Temm. 
FAMILY J.—PINNATIPEDES, Temm.— LOBE-FOOTED 
SWIMMING BIRDS. 
GENUS I.—PHALAROPUS, Briss. 
374. Phalaropus fulicarius, Bonap.— Red Phalarope, Wilson, p. 642. 
Breeds very far to the north. Eggs, 14 by %, dull greenish yellow, 
irregularly blotched and dotted with reddish brown. 
Phalaropus fulicarius, Bonap. Sym. p. 301. Rich. & Swain ii 407. Nutt. ii. 236. 
Aud. ifi. 404; plate 255 ; Syn. p. 339. 
SUBGENUS LOBIPES, Cur. 
375. Phalaropus hyperboreus, Lath. -Hyperborean Phalarope. 
Upper parts, grayish black ; head, A and more tinged with gray ; 
scapulars and some of the feathers of the back, edged with yellowish red; 
head and neck of same color; throat and sides of upper part of the neck, 
white ; wing-coverts and quills, brownish black, tinged with gray ; shafts 
