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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. 
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GENUS VIII.— NUMENIUS, Briss. —-CURLEW. 
371. Numenius borealis, Lath. — Esquimaux Curlew, Wilson, p 473. 
. Nests on the shore. Eggs, four, pyriform, green, with spots of umber 
rown. 
Numenius borealis, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. & Swain. ii. 378. Nutt, ii. 101. 
Aud. iii. 69; v. 590; Syn. p. 255; plate 208. 
372, Numenius longirostris, Wilson. — Long-billed Curlew, Wilson, 
" p. 550. : 
Numenius longirostris, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. & Swain. ii. 376. Nutt. ii. 94. 
Aud. iii. 240; v. 5875 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 qellons wing-coverts and 
secondaries, of a lighter tint, similarly spotted; tail, barred with light 
grayish brown and dark brown; breast and sides, grayish yeliow, 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 14%, 27%. 
Habitat, from Texas to the Fur Countries. 
Numenius borealis, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. Rich. §& Swain. ii. 378. Nutt. ii. 101 
Aud. iii. 695; v. 590; plate 208; Syn. p. 255. 
ORDER II.—NATATORES, Temm. 
FAMILY I.—PINNATIPEDES, Temm.— LOBE-FOOTED 
SWIMMING BIRDS. © 
GENUS J.—PHALAROPUS, Briss. 
$74. 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. Syn. p. 301. Rich. § Swain ii 407. Nutt. ii. 236. 
Aud, iii, 404; plate 255 ; Syn. p. 239. 
SUBGENUS LOBIPES, Cuv. 
475. Phalaropus hyperboreus, Lath. — Hyperborean Phalarope. 
“Upper parts, grayish black ; head, lighter 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 
