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LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 
(Numenius longirostris.) 
Nu. nigro 2^oUide-Jitscoqiie varius, pedibus cceridescentibiis, alts 
iiigris, maculis Juscis, superciliis albidis. 
Curlew varied with pale brown and black, the legs blueish, the 
wings black spotted with brown, the eyebrows whitish. 
Long-billed Curlew. (Numenius longirostris.) Wils. Amer. 
Orn. V. viii. p. 23. pi. ixiv. f. 4. 
Length twenty-five inches : beak eight inches 
long ; black, except towards the base of the under 
mandible, where it is of a pale flesh-colour : eye dark ; 
the general colour of the plumage above is black, 
spotted and barred along the edges of each feather 
with pale brown : chin, line over the eyes and round 
the same, pale brownish white : neck reddish brown, 
streaked with black, spots on the last more sparingly 
dispersed : belly, thighs, and vent pale plain rufous, 
without any spots : primaries black on the outer 
edges, pale brown on the inner, and barred with 
black ; shafts of the outer ones snowy ; rest of the 
wing pale reddish brown, elegantly barred with un- 
dulating lines of black : tail slightly rounded, of an 
ashy-brown, beautifully marked with herring bones 
of black : legs and naked thighs very pale light blue, 
or lead colour j the middle toe connected with the 
two outer ones, as far as the first joint, by a mem- 
brane, and bordered along the sides with a thick 
warty edge : lining of the wing dark rufous, ap- 
proaching to chesnut, and thinly spotted with black. 
Both sexes are alike. 
