. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 314 LIMICOL^. The North-American Black Oystercatcher is said (PaUas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 131) to be a common bird on the Kurile Islands, but I have never seen any examples from the Asiatic continent. I. Bill of HcBmatopus niger. Natural size. have a skin procured by Wossnesensky on the Aleutian Islands, where it is known as a summer visitor. Its breeding-range extends along the southern coast of Alaska as far south as the coast of Upper California. It winters on the coast of Lower California. 315. NUMENIUS ARQUATUS. (COMMON CURLEW.) Scolopax ar
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 314 LIMICOL^. The North-American Black Oystercatcher is said (PaUas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 131) to be a common bird on the Kurile Islands, but I have never seen any examples from the Asiatic continent. I. Bill of HcBmatopus niger. Natural size. have a skin procured by Wossnesensky on the Aleutian Islands, where it is known as a summer visitor. Its breeding-range extends along the southern coast of Alaska as far south as the coast of Upper California. It winters on the coast of Lower California. 315. NUMENIUS ARQUATUS. (COMMON CURLEW.) Scolopax arqimta, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 242 (1766). The Eastern race of the Common Curlew completely intergrades with the Western or typical race, but it was described as distinct as long ago as 1829 under the name of Numenius lineatus (Cuvier, Reg. An. i. p. 521). It can, however, only be regarded as subspecificaUy distinct under the name of Numenius arquatus lineatus. It is a large bird (tarsus more than three inches long), and it has a white lower back and rump. It differs from the European form in having the lower back and the axillaries without any dark markings, in having whiter margins to the scapulars and the feathers of the upper back, and in having, on an average, a longer bill (varying from 5^ to 8 instead of from 4J to 7 inches). The Oriental race of the Common Curlew was probably found by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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