ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 
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from flexure 85 , tail 3£; extent of wings 27$ ; bill along the back 2 £, along 
the edge 2$; tarsus lfV, middle toe its claw 71- Weight h lb. 
Adult Female. 
The female resembles the male, and is scarcely inferior in size. 
The mouth is similar to that of the preceding species. Tongue 1 inch 
long. (Esophagus inches long, h inch wide at the upper part, 5 twelfths 
in the rest of its extent; the proventriculus 6 twelfths in breadth. Stomach 
roundish, 1 ^ inches long, 1 inch 2 h twelfths broad; the lateral muscles mode- 
rate; the epithelium thick, reddish-brown, as in the other species, but with 
numerous longitudinal rugas. Contents of stomach, remains of insects, seeds, 
and small pieces of quartz. Intestine 28 inches long ; its width in the duo- 
denal portion 34 twelfths, so continuing until 7 inches from the extremity, 
when it enlarges to 5 twelfths. Cceca-3 inches from the end, 2£ inches in 
length, of the uniform width of 1 twelfth, and slightly pointed. Trachea 4 
inches 8 twelfths long, its width from 3 twelfths to 2 twelfths, considerably 
flattened ; the rings 115, firm, with 2 additional dimidiate rings. Bronchial 
half rings about 18, extremely feeble. Muscles as in the last species. 
FAMILY XXXVII. — TANTALINJE. IBISES. 
Bill very long, arcuate, rather stout at the base, obtuse. Nostrils basal, 
linear or oblong. Head bare in front, rather large or of moderate size ; 
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neck long and slender ; body ovate. Logs long and rather stout ; tibia bare 
to a large extent ; tarsus reticulate, sometimes scaly in front ; toes four, 
articulated on the same level, the anterior webbed at the base, the first more 
slender. Claws arched, compressed, rather obtuse. Wings long and very 
broad, with the second quill longest. Tail short, of twelve feathers. 
Tongue triangular, extremely short, flat, and thin. (Esophagus wide ; 
stomach large, muscular, broadly elliptical, with the epithelium dense, lon- 
gitudinally rugous; intestines generally of moderate length and width, coeca 
very small ; cloaca globular. Trachea without inferior laryngeal muscles. 
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