. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . indrical, slightly compressed, more or lessarcuate or decurved; upper mandible with the ridge broad and flattened atthe base, broad and rounded in the rest of its extent, a deep groove runningfrom the nostrils to near the tip, which is decurved, enlarged so as to forman oblong obtuse knob, projecting beyond the point of the lower mandible,the edges rounded; lower mandible similar in its curvature to the upper, itsangle extremely narrow, and extending to near the middle, the ridgerounded, the sides with a s
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . indrical, slightly compressed, more or lessarcuate or decurved; upper mandible with the ridge broad and flattened atthe base, broad and rounded in the rest of its extent, a deep groove runningfrom the nostrils to near the tip, which is decurved, enlarged so as to forman oblong obtuse knob, projecting beyond the point of the lower mandible,the edges rounded; lower mandible similar in its curvature to the upper, itsangle extremely narrow, and extending to near the middle, the ridgerounded, the sides with a shallow groove to near the end, the edges directlymeeting those of the upper, the tip obtuse. Head rather small, oblong, com-pressed; neck long; body compact. Feet long; tibia bare below; tarsusscaly above, scutellate for two-thirds; toes rather small, scutellate, first verysmall, lateral nearly equal. Claws small, compressed, blunted. Wings long,very acute, the first quill longest, some of the inner secondaries greatly elon-gated. Tail short, much rounded, of twelve rounded 35 THE LONG-BILLED CURLEW. -f-NuMENITTS LONGIROSTRIS, WUs. PLATE CCCLV Male and Female. The Long-billed Curlew is a constant resident in the southern districts ofthe United States, whereas the other species are only autumnal and wintervisiters. It is well known by the inhabitants of Charleston that it breeds onthe islands on the coast of South Carolina; and my friend the ReverendJohn Bachjian has been at their breeding grounds. That some individualsgo far north to breed, is possible enough, but we have no authentic accountof such an occurrence, although many suppositions have been that I have to say on this subject is, that the bird in question is quiteunknown in the Magdeleine Islands, where, notwithstanding the assertionsof the fishermen, they acknowledged that they had mistaken Godwits forCurlews. In Newfoundland, I met with a well-informed English gentleman,who had resided in that
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