. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 262 SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. GEN. 222. M M'. F:o. 174. Long-billL-d Curlew. H , i ^ 222. Genus NUMENIXJS Linn^us. Long-billed Curleia. 8icIde-biTl. Bill of extreme length and curvature, measiTring from 5 to 8 or 9 inches; total length about 2 feet; wing a foot or less; tail about 4 inches; tarsus 2J-2f, scutellate only in front. Plumage veiy si
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 262 SCOLOPACID^, SNIPE, ETC. GEN. 222. M M'. F:o. 174. Long-billL-d Curlew. H , i ^ 222. Genus NUMENIXJS Linn^us. Long-billed Curleia. 8icIde-biTl. Bill of extreme length and curvature, measiTring from 5 to 8 or 9 inches; total length about 2 feet; wing a foot or less; tail about 4 inches; tarsus 2J-2f, scutellate only in front. Plumage veiy similar to that of the godwit; prevailing tone rufous, of varj'ing intensity in different birds and on different jDarts of the same bird, usually more intense under the wing than elsewhere; below, the jugulum streaked, and the breast and sides with arrow-heads and bars, of dusky; above, variegated with black, especi- ally on the crown, back and wings; tail barred throughout with black and rufous; secondaries rufous ; primaries blackish and rufous ; no pure white anywhere ; bill black, the under mandilile flesh colored for some distance; legs dark. Temperate N. Am., abundant; breeds in the U. S. Wils., viii, 23, pi. 64; Ntjtt., ii, 94; Aud., vi, .35, pi. 355; Cass, in Bd., 743. . longirostris. V Hudsonian Ouiieiv. Jack Curlew. Bill medium, 3 or 4 inches long; length lG-18 ; wing 9 ; tail 3J ; tarsus 2^-2^. Plumage as in last species in pattern, but general tone much paler; quills barred. N. Am., abundant; breeds in British America ; U. S. chiefly during the migrations. Scolojoax horealis Wils., vii, 92, pi. 56; ISf. intermedins Nutt., ii, 100. Aud., vi, 42, pi. 356; Nutt., ii, 97; Cass, in Bd., 744 hudsonigus. y Esquimaux Curletv. Dough-bird. Bill small, under 3 inches long; length 12-15 inches ; wing under 9 ; tail 3 ; tarsus 2. Plumage in tone aud pattern almost exactly as in the last species, but averaging more rufous, especially under the wings, aud primaries not barred. N. Am
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