. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. e# SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — LIMICOLJE. diblo. Wings and tail ordinary; latter barred in wdor. Lcrs rather stout; tibiw largely denuded below; tarsus much longer than middle toe and daw, sentellate in front only, else- where reticulate. Toes short and thick, flattened underneath, broadly margined on sides. Of largo and medium statu
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. e# SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — LIMICOLJE. diblo. Wings and tail ordinary; latter barred in wdor. Lcrs rather stout; tibiw largely denuded below; tarsus much longer than middle toe and daw, sentellate in front only, else- where reticulate. Toes short and thick, flattened underneath, broadly margined on sides. Of largo and medium stature, and plumi) form. Coloration variegated; rufous usually prevail- ing. Sexes alike; changes of plumage not pronounced. A cosmopolitan genus of several S2)ecies; in character of bill unique, in that of the legs very similar to Limosa. In fact, barring the bill, Numenius hngirosiris closely resembles Liinosa fceda. It is a curious fa(!t that Old and New World representatives of both these genera dift'er from each other in a simi- lar maimer, the former having the rump, tail and its coverts, and lining of wings white, barred or not, while some or all of these parts in the latter are dark. Compare Limosn fceda with L. uropygialls ; L. hudsonica with L. lapponica ; Numenius hudsonicus with N. phaiopus, etc. Fig. 451. — The European Curlew, Xumeniui arguatus, I nut. size. (From Brebm.) Analysis qf Species. Feathers of belly bristle-tipped taitensis Feathers of belly normal. Rump white, more or less sjHjtted with dusky. Upper tall-coverts and under wlng-coverts white spotted and barred wltli dusky . p?UKopus Sump, upper tall-coverts and lining of wings not white. Primaries varied with rufous. General coloration strongly rufous, especially below; lining of wings deepest rufous, little or not varied. Large; bill 4-6-8 inches longirostris Primaries varied with rufous or whitish. General coloration scarcely or not rufous; lining of wings entirely varied. Medium-sized; bill 8-4
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