. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. SCOLOPACID^ â THE SNIPE FAMILY â 811 â I. N HudBoniouft. Wiiij,', ; cuhuen, )); taisuH, ; middk' too, Lower parts jKilf IjuII', llie l)ri; iiiinkwl with linear streaks ; inner webs of primaries spotted with hull' toward ed^es ; axillars dceiier hull', <listinctly barred with dusky ; erown unite inn dusky, divided liy a median stripe of pale Imlf. llah. The whole of America, including West Indies, but breeding; oidy in the colder rej,'ions ; (
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. SCOLOPACID^ â THE SNIPE FAMILY â 811 â I. N HudBoniouft. Wiiij,', ; cuhuen, )); taisuH, ; middk' too, Lower parts jKilf IjuII', llie l)ri; iiiinkwl with linear streaks ; inner webs of primaries spotted with hull' toward ed^es ; axillars dceiier hull', <listinctly barred with dusky ; erown unite inn dusky, divided liy a median stripe of pale Imlf. llah. The whole of America, including West Indies, but breeding; oidy in the colder rej,'ions ; (ireenlaiul. 3. N. borealiB. Winu:, H.(Ml-((t ; culinen, ; tarsus, ; middle toe, Very similar to Ilmlsonicus, but with \'-sliaped dusky markinj,'s, a.\illars pule cin- namon, barred with dusky, inner webs of primaries uniform dusky, the whole crown streaked, and without ilistinct median strijie. /lab. Northern and North America, and Southern South America ; no West Indian record ; (Jreenluiul; occasional in Europe. b. Rump immaculate whiti\ 4. N. phaeopuB. Win^', ; culmen, 3.(K); tarsus, ; middle toe, Similar to Iladsnnicioi, liul wlnde rump innnaculate wliite, and axillars white, barred with j,'rayish brown. J/nh. I'ahearctic. African, and Indu-Malayan regions; Greenland. Bi Tlii;,'hs with elon^'ated bristles, projecting' far beyond the feathei-s. 5. N. tahitiensis. Wiuj,'. !). ; culmen, ; tarsus, ; middle toe, Upper tail-coverts ami tail ochiaceous, the latter regularly barred with dusky brown ; crown dark lirown, divided lon;,'itndinally by a wide medial striiie of buff; axillars pale cinnamon or pinkish bull", widely barred with dark brown. JIab. Pacific Islands and coast of Alaska. »j Numenius longirostria THE LONG-BILLEO CURLEW. Scolopax arqitafn, var. /3, Omki,. S. N. I. 1788, 656. yaiii'iiinsarqitatd, var. B. L,\rn. Ind. Urn. II. 1790, 710. M(âw
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