Shore Birds 



225. American Avocet {Recurmrostra amsricana). 

 L. 16.5; B. 3.7. ^ds. Head and neck rufous; belly 

 white: wings black and white. Yng. and Ads.itfwinur, 

 Similar, but head and neck grayish or whitish. 

 NoUs. A rather musical, load plee-eeh hurriedly repeat- 

 ed. 



Range.— North America west of Mississippi; breeds from nontiern 

 Slates, central California and rarely Texas, nortti in the interior 10 

 latitude 54°: winters from southern California and western Gulf 

 Stales to Central America and West Indies; casual on Atlantic coast. 



264. Long-billed Curlew (Nummms longirostris) . 

 L. 24; B, 6., longest among our Snipe, ^ds. Above 

 black and buffy; tail barred buffy and black; below 

 butty, neck and breast finely streaked with dusky. 

 Yng- Similar, but buff deeper. 



Range. — North America; breeds on Atlantic coast from Florida to 

 North Carolina; In Interlornonh to Manitoba and British Columbia; 

 later strays casually to Newfoundland and Ontario; winters from 

 Gulf States and southern California southward. 



265. Hudsonian Curlew {Nummim hudsoniais) . 

 L. 17; B. 3.7. ^ds. Less buff than No. 264; above 

 dark grayish brown and brownish gray; tail barred 

 with samei below white, breast streaked; sides barred 

 with blackish. 



Ratige,— North America; breeJs 111 Arcfit reglijn; winters south ol 

 United States to South Ameticd. 



266. Eskimo Curlew {Nummius bo^aalis) L. 13.5; 

 B. 2. y4ds. Tail barred with grayish blown and 

 black; above blackish and buffy; below huffy ,the breast 

 thickly streaked; sides barred with blackish. 



Range.- Eastern North America; breeds In Arctic regions; winters 

 south of United States to South America; migrates chiefly through 

 Interior, 



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