Texas. Auk 76(4) :539-541. 



This article discusses a bird identified as an Eskimo curlew 

 ( Numenius boreal is ), which was seen by about 20 people between 

 March 22 and April 26, 1959. The species is usually regarded as 

 extinct, and was last reported (also on Galveston Island) April 29, 

 1945. 



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