. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 332 NUMENirS. Literature. Specific characters. Geographi- cal distribu- tion. Plates.—Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 56. fig. 1 ; Audubon, Birds Am. vi. pi. 356. Habits.—Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 315. Eggs.—Newton, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1871, pi. iv. fig. 3. " The Hudsonian Whimbrel dififers from the Curlews in having the crown plain brown, with a pale mesial streak; from the Common and Oriental Whimbrels in having the lower back nearly the same
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 332 NUMENirS. Literature. Specific characters. Geographi- cal distribu- tion. Plates.—Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 56. fig. 1 ; Audubon, Birds Am. vi. pi. 356. Habits.—Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 315. Eggs.—Newton, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1871, pi. iv. fig. 3. " The Hudsonian Whimbrel dififers from the Curlews in having the crown plain brown, with a pale mesial streak; from the Common and Oriental Whimbrels in having the lower back nearly the same colour as the mantle; from the Eskimo and Least Whimbrels by the distinctness of the pale bars on the inner webs of the primaries; and from the Pacific-Island Whimbrel in having the lower breast and belly white instead of buff, and in having no long hairs on the thighs. It is confined to the Arctic Regions of the American continent during the breeding- season from Alaska to Greenland, and passes the Bermudas on migration (Reid, Zoologist, 1877, p. 478). In autumn it migrates southwards across the Line, where it has been seen in the Galapagos Archipelago (Dr. Habel, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 504) and in South America as far as Patagonia. Its nearest ally is unquestionably the Pacific-Island Whimbrel {Nunienius iahitiensis).. NUMENIUS TAHITIENSIS. PACIFIC-ISLAND WHIMBREL. Diagnosis. NuMENius plumarum tibiae rbachidibiis valde prolongatis. Variations. No local races of this species are 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 : H. Sotheran
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