SCOLOPACIDJE — THE SNIPE FAMILY — NUMENIUS. 
311 
2. N. Hudsonicus. Wing, 9.00-10.25 ; culmen, 3.00-4.00; tarsus, 2.25-2.30; middle toe, 
1.35- 1.40. Lower parts pale buff, the breast marked with linear streaks ; inner webs of 
primaries spotted with buff toward edges ; axillars deeper buff, distinctly barred with 
dusky ; crown uniform dusky, divided by a median stripe of pale buff. Hub. The whole 
of America, including West Indies, but breeding only in the colder regions ; Greenland. 
3. N. borealis. Wing, 8.00-8.50 ; culmen, 2.25-2.50 ; tarsus, 1.70-1.80 ; middle toe, 1.00. 
Very similar to Hudsonicus, but breast with Y-shaped dusky markings, axillars pale cin- 
namon, barred with dusky, inner webs of primaries uniform dusky, the whole crown 
streaked, and without distinct median stripe. Hah. Northern and Eastern North 
America, and Southern South America ; no West Indian record ; Greenland ; occasional 
in Europe. 
b. Rump immaculate white. 
4. N. phaeopus. Wing, 9.30-10.50 ; culmen, 3.00-3.60 ; tarsus, 2.30-2.50 ; middle toe, 
1.40. ' Similar to Hudsonicus, but whole rump immaculate white, and axillars white, 
barred with grayish brown. Hah. Palsearctic, African, and Indo-Malayan regions ; 
Greenland. 
B. Thighs with elongated bristles, projecting far beyond the feathers. 
5. N. tahitiensis. Wing, 9.50-10.40 ; culmen, 2.70-3.70 ; tarsus, 2.00-2.40 ; middle toe, 
1.35- 1.50. Upper tail-coverts and tail ochraceous, the latter regularly barred with dusky 
brown ; crown dark brown, divided longitudinally by a wide medial stripe of buff ; 
axillars pale cinnamon or pinkish buff, widely barred with dark brown. Hab. Pacific 
Islands and coast of Alaska. 
Scolopax arquata, var. /3, Gjiel. S. N. I. 1788, 656. 
Numenius arquata, var. 13. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 710. 
Numenius longirostris, Wins. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 24, pi. 64, fig. 4. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 
1831, 376. —Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 94. — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 240 ; Y. 1839, 587, pi. 
231 ; Synop. 1839, 254 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 35, pi. 355. — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 743. 
— Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 549. — Coues, Key, 1872, 262 ; Check List, 1873, no. 441 ; 
2d ed. 1882, no. 643 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 508. — Ridgw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 558. 
Numenius rufus, Vieill. Gal. Ois. II. 1825, 118, pi. 245 (part). 
Numenius occidentalis, Woodh. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad. VI. 1852, 194 ; Sitgreaves’ Rep. 1853, 98, 
pi. 6 (= young ; Albuquerque, N. M. ). 
“? Numenius melanopus, Vieill.” 
“ ? Numenius brasiliensis, Max.” 
Hab. Temperate North America, migrating south to Guatemala. Cuba; Jamaica; Brazil (?). 
Sp. Char. The largest American species of this genus. Bill very long, much curved, upper 
mandible longer than the under, somewhat knobbed at the tip, wing rather long ; legs moderate ; 
toes united at base. Entire upper parts pale rufous, tinged with ashy, every feather with trans- 
Numenius longirostris. 
THE LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 
Young. 
