. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . lack. Adult in winter, andyoung : Above, plain ashy-gray, with dark shaft lines, with or without red or black , white, with little or no trace of black on belly; jugulu
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . lack. Adult in winter, andyoung : Above, plain ashy-gray, with dark shaft lines, with or without red or black , white, with little or no trace of black on belly; jugulum with few dusky streaks andan ashy suffusion. White edgings of inner primaries very conspicuous. The summer dress islong worn ; it is assumed more or less perfectly in April, and many come from the north stillwearing it. All of N. Am., breeding in liigh latitudes, migrating through and wintering in theIT. S., preferably coastwise; common, in flocks on the beaches and (Gr. ayKvkoxeCKos, agkulocheilos, having a curved biU.) CurlewSandpipers. Bill much longer than the head, slender, compressed, considerably decurved,the tip not expanded, and rather hard. Grooves in both mandibles very narrow but liiug, ])(iinted. Tail very short, nearly even. Legs long, slender; tarsus and tibiaboth lengthened, the latter exposed for nearly or quite half the length of the former, which is. 632 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS—LIMICOL^. nearly as long as the bill. Toes moderate, sslWner, slightly margined, tlie middle one aboutthree-fourths the tarsus. One species, noted for its resemblance to a miniature A. subarquatus. (Lat. subarquatus or subarcuatus, littled curved, as the bill is.) CurlewSandpiper. Ferrugineous Sandpiper. Adult: Crown of head and entire upper partslustrous greenish-black, each feather tipped and deeply indented with bright ashy-brown, each feather with a dusky shaft-line and reddish edging. Primariesdeep dusky
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