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Numenius longirostris Wils. 



LOXG-BILLED CUKLEW. 



Numenius longirostris Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 545 (Cape Region). 

 Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 273 (Cape Kegion). 



Mr. Frazar fouiKl tlie Long-billed Curlew at La Paz, where it was " commoii 

 in February," and at San Jose del Cabo, whence he sent me several specimens 

 collected late in August and early in September. Mr. Belding mentions it 

 ■without comment in hi.s list of birds seen in the winter and spring of 1881-82. 

 Mr. Bryant considers it rare about Magdalena Bay, but says that further north- 

 ward, according to Mr. Anthony, it is "very abundant along the coast in 

 winter, and fairly swarming at San Quintin Bay." 



The range of this species on the Pacific coast extends from Vancouver's 

 Island to Guatemala. It breeds in the interior, not anywhere to the southward 

 of California, so far as is known. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 

 HuDSONiAx Curlew. 



Numenius hudsoninis Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 545 (Cape Region), 

 547 (San Jose del Cabo). Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 

 274 (Cape Region). 



This Curlew, according to Mr. Frazar, is more numerous in Lower California 

 than the Long-billed species. Lilce the latter, it occurred in February and 

 March at La Paz, and in the autumn at San Jose del Cabo, where the first 

 (three birds) were seen on August 29, and the greatest number about Septem- 

 ber 15, after which they became scarce. Mr. Bryant reports them common 

 at Magdalena Bay, and they have been observed at San Quintin Bay by Mr. 

 Anthony. 



The Hudsonian Curlew breeds only in the extreme northern portions of the 

 American continent, but it migrates as far southward as Patagonia, and has 

 been seen on the Galapagos. According to Mr. Grinnell, it is of common 

 occurrence in Los Angeles county, California, during the migrations in .sprin^' 

 and autumn.^ 



Squatarola squatarola (Linn.). 



Black-bellied Plover. 



Squatarola helvptira Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 545 (Cape Region). 

 Charadrius squatarola Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., IL 1889, 274 (Cape 

 Eegion). 



1 Pub. II. Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 18. 



