. . tosouthern Brazil, passing through INIexico and Central Americaas well as the Antilles. In spring it arrives usually in northernFlorida earlier than it appears in southern Louisiana. Thisseems to indicate that the species comes north by way of theAntilles and Florida, but as it is taken in Mexico and LowerCalifornia in migration, it may reach Louisiana from the west-ward, or cross the Gulf of Mexico from Yucatan or CentralAmerica. Eaton states the belief that this species comes tocentral and western New York by the Mississippi ro
. . tosouthern Brazil, passing through INIexico and Central Americaas well as the Antilles. In spring it arrives usually in northernFlorida earlier than it appears in southern Louisiana. Thisseems to indicate that the species comes north by way of theAntilles and Florida, but as it is taken in Mexico and LowerCalifornia in migration, it may reach Louisiana from the west-ward, or cross the Gulf of Mexico from Yucatan or CentralAmerica. Eaton states the belief that this species comes tocentral and western New York by the Mississippi route, as itarrives there seven to ten days earlier than on the coast. The food of the Tip-up consists largely of insects and earth-worms. The bird apparently is harmless and very beneficial,and, except along the sea-shore, where it is shot with otherSandpipers for the table, it is killed mainly for sport. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 325 LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numcnius americanus).Common or local names: Sicklebill Curlew; Sicklebill; Old-hen Curlew; Hen Length. — 20 to 25 inches; bill from 3 (in some young birds) to 8, but com-monly 5 to 6; toes webbed at base. Adult. — Plumage similar to that of Marbled Godwit; generally reddish intone, varying in intensity in individuals; top of head dark, and variegatedwith blackish, whitish and reddish, with no distinct central light line, as inthe Hudsonian or Jack Curlew; upper parts a mixture of brownishblack, tawny or buflPy and cinnamon brown; lower parts reddish, cin-namon or buffy, varying in intensity, usually deepening under wings;fore neck and breast with dusky streaks which tend to arrowheads onthe sides, iris brown; bill black turning to fleshy brown toward base;legs and feet grayish blue. Young. — Similar to adult, but bill shorter. Field Marks. — The great size and the extremely long curved bill serve toidentify the adults. The young, which have shorter bills, can be dis-tinguished with certainty from the Jack
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