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6. Mimns polyglottus. Mocking-bird. — Wings with two white 
bars; under parts, ashy and white. Length 9.50, wing 4.10. 
7. Buteo peiinsylvanicus. Broad-winged Buzzard. — Wing 
short and broad ; a dark maxillary patch. Length about 1 7, wing 
about 10. 
8. Cathart'es atratus. Black Vulture. — General plumage, 
black, feathers reaching the skull. Length about 24, wing about 1 7. 
9. Macropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — Winter. 
Above, gray; under parts, white. Length about 8, wing about 5. 
Easily recognized by its long legs. 
10. Limosct fedoa. Great-marbled Godwit. — Bill, pinkish, 
tipped with black; general plumage, pale reddish-brown; mottled. 
Length about 17, wing about 9. 
11. Totanus chloropus. Green Shanks. — Resembles 71 fla- 
vipes. Legs, greenish; rump and tail, white, sometimes slightly 
mottled. Length about 12, wing about 6.50. 
12. Totanus solitarius. Solitary Tattler. — Bill, straight; 
legs, dark olive-brown, speckled with gray ; under parts, white. 
Length about 8, wing about 5. 
1 3. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — Bill very 
long, curved, often measuring over eight inches ; plumage, brownish ; 
legs, dark. Length about 23, wing about 11. 
