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toe lyf, its claw T 4 2; fourth toe Iff, its claw 2f- twelfths; wing from flexure 

 Q5- tail &H 



The heart and liver are very large, as in the other species, the right lobe 

 of the latter passes under and beyond the stomach, and is 3 inches in length, 

 the left lobe 1 inch 9 twelfths. The mouth is in all respects as in the pre- 

 ceding species, as is the tongue, which is 1 inch long. The oesophagus is 7 

 inches long, at the upper part 8 twelfths in width, afterwards uniformly 5 

 twelfths; the proventriculus large, S twelfths in width. The stomach is of 

 moderate size, roundish, 1-| inches long, 1 inch 5 twelfths in breadth; its 

 muscles of moderate thickness; the epithelium thick, horny, with two broad 

 longitudinal plates on each side. Its contents are small crabs. Intestine 30 

 inches long, its width in the duodenal portion 4 twelfths, and nearly the 

 same throughout, but at the distance of 10 inches from the end enlarging to 

 6 twelfths. Cosca 2^ inches from the extremity, 1 inch 9 twelfths long, H 

 twelfths in width, with the tip slender as in the other species. 



Trachea 5i inches long, 3i twelfths broad at the top, 2 twelfths at the 

 lower part, very little flattened; the rings firm, 122, with 2 dimidiate rings. 

 Bronchi moderately wide, of about 18 half rings. Lateral muscles of mode- 

 rate strength; the sterno-tracheales come off at the distance of 5 twelfths 

 from the extremity; there is a very slender slip of muscle on each side going 

 to the first bronchial ring. 



ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 



-fNuMENIUS BOREALIS, Lath. 



PLATE CCCLVIL— Male and Female. 



I regret that I am unable to present a complete history of the Esquimaux 

 Curlew. It is true I might somewhat enlarge my account of its habits, were 

 I to borrow from others, but as I have resolved to confine myself to the 

 results of my own observation, unless in certain cases, in which I always 

 take care to give my authorities, I hope you will be pleased with the little 

 which I have to offer. 



Previous to my voyage to Labrador, I had seen only a single bird of this 



