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toe If its claw T V ; fourth toe Iff, its claw 2f twelfths ; wing from flexure 
9|; tail 3**. 
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 proventri cuius large, 8 twelfths in width. The stomach is of 
moderate size, roundish, 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. Coeca 2i inches from the extremity, 1 inch 9 twelfths long, 11 
twelfths in width, with the tip slender as in the other species. 
Trachea 51 inches long, 31 twelfths broad at the top, 2 twelfths at the 
lower part, very little flattened ; the rings firm, 122, with two 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. 
Numenius borealis, Lath . 
PLATE OOOLYIL— 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 
