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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Wilson, Am. Orn. VII, Plate LVI; Aud. B. of Am. Plate 

 CCXXXVII; oct. ed. VI, Plate CCCLVI. 



South American specimens are in the present collection, but are un- 

 fortunately not mature birds. So far as we can judge from them, this 

 species appears to be correctly regarded by authors on Peruvian and 

 Chilian Ornithology as Numenius hudsonicus. This bird wanders, 

 apparently, along the sea-coasts of both divisions of the continent of 

 America, throughout almost its entire extent. 



The specimens in the collection of the Expedition were killed at 

 the Island of San Lorenzo, Peru, in the month of June. 



3. Numenius femoralis, Peale. 



Numenius femoralis, Peale, Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 233 (1st ed. 1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate XXXVII. Adult. 



N. hudsonico major, supra pi-qfimde umhrinus, lineis obscure fulvis, sub- 

 tus obscure flavescens, lineis cingustis fuscis. Pennis tibialibus seta 

 longa rigida terminatis. Long. tot. 16 pollices. 



Form. — Kather larger than N. hudsonicus. Bill thick at the base, 

 moderately curved ; upper mandible deeply grooved in front of the 

 nostril. Wing long, first primary longest; tertiaries long; tail 

 rather short ; legs long ; tibia feathered for rather more than half 

 its length, all the feathers of which terminate in long, somewhat 

 rigid bristles. Tarsus long ; toes moderate. 



Dimensions. — Total length (of skin), about sixteen inches; wing, 

 nine and one-fourth inches ; tail, four inches. 



Colors. — Upper coverts of the tail dull yellowish-white, unspotted ; 

 tail yellowish-white, tinged with fulvous, and having about six or 

 seven transverse narrow bands of brownish-black. Head above, with 

 two wide stripes of dark umber-brown commencing at the base of the 

 bill, and uniting on the occiput; a central stripe on the head, and 



