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ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 
nearly white; breast, yellowish grey tinged with brown. Back, 
on all the upper part, blackish brown, relieved with light 
edges to the feathers, on the lower part dark brown with 
lighter edges. Primaries, dusky brown, the shafts of the first 
four whit% of the others darker, shading into pale brown; 
secondaries, paler dusky brown; greater and lesser under wing 
coverts, chesnut brown, with irregular brown marks. The tail 
consists of twelve feathers, which are grey, with dark brown 
bars, edged and tipped with brownish white; upper tail coverts, 
barred with dark and light shades. Legs and toes, dark green. 
