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and from Ccntval America, where it passes the winter months, to the Arctic Ocean, on 

 the borders of which it breeds. In Ahiska Mr. Bannister saw it on the Island of St. 

 ]Michaers, where, however, it Avas not very common. It Avas obtained at Sitka by Mr. 

 Bischoff ; and Mr. Dall states that it was not rare at the mouth of tlie Yukon Eiver, 

 where its favorite attitude seemed to be sitting on a high stump or piece of drift- 

 wood, or even an akler-bush when tliis was large enough, with one of its legs drawn 

 up. Mr. Bernard Ross met with this Curlew in the neighborhood of Great Slave 

 Lake. Professor Reinhardt includes it among the birds of Greenland on the strength 

 of a single specimen — a female — sent from Godthaab by Holboll. The latter men- 

 tions having obtained it twice — at Julianehaab and Fiskernaes — and also one 

 specimen from Jak()l)shavn. It occurs as a migratory visitant in the fall in Bermuda, 

 where it arrives early in August, biit is so shy of approach that one can hardly 

 ever get within gunshot of it. It is found only in August and September. Dr. 

 Kjaerbolling mentions (^'Naumannia," VI. o08) that he received a specimen of this 

 Curlew from Iceland. Mr. R. BroAvne speaks of having seen it on Vancouver Island. 

 Dr. Cooper noticed l)ut few of this species on the southern coast of California, and 

 these only in the spiing, some remaining in flocks at Santa Barbara as late as May 

 20, and a few go as far south as San Diego. Though not known to breed south of 

 Hudson's Bay, Dr. Cooper thinks that some may nest among the mountain lakes of 

 California. He adds that, like the Long-billed Curlew, they fly with some approach 

 to a regular order, generally in the form of a V, and in company with most of the 

 other shore-birds, circling high in the air with loud cries when the falling tide begins 

 to lay their feeding-grounds bare. They are also common on the Pacific coast as far 

 south as Guatemala, and Mr. Salvin found them very abimdant about the lagoons of 

 Chiapam. 



Mr. Moore mentions that on the 22d of March. 1872, a single specimen of this 

 Curlew was brought to him which had been killed on the shore of Sarasota Bay, 

 where it was feeding in the Avater in company with Marbled GodAvits, Red-breasted 

 Snipes, and Willets, as Avell as Avith a fcAV others of its own species. It AA'as the only 

 bird of its kind ever seen by him in the flesh in Plorida. 



It is not mentioned by Dr. Gundlach as occurring in Cuba ; but Leotaud states 

 that it is a regidar visitant of Trinidad, and that, although known there as the Hud- 

 sonian CurleAv, it ahvays seems to come from South America. If this Avere not the 

 case, it Avould arrive in November, A\diereas, in fact, it ahvays makes its appearance 

 on that island in August, as if avoiding the colder regions of South America ; it 

 departs in October. It is ahvays found along the borders of the sea and in over- 

 Howcd meadows, Avhere it searches for AA'orms in the muddy l)ottoms. Its flesh is not 

 held in high esteem in Trinidad, and, as Leotaud thinks, Avith good reason. 



Mr. Boardman informs me that this species is found in the fall in the neighborhood 

 of Calais, but that it is ncA^er very common in that neighborhood. In Massachusetts 

 it is quite abundant every year in the fall, coming from the north in irregular, pro- 

 longed migrations, from the 25th of August until October. It is not known to occur 

 in the s})ring in that State, although it may pass through in a prolonged nocturnal 

 flight, since this bird is found on the shores of Ncav Jersey and Long Island late in 

 the month of May. A single specimen Avas procured by me at the Isles of Shoals 

 on the loth of August, 1879. 



According to Giraud, this Curlew arrives in May on Long Island, Avliere it fre- 

 quents the marshes and muddy flats, feeding on Avorms and minute shellfisli, but not 

 being so al)undant there as are the Long-billed CurlcAvs, Avith Avhich it sometimes 

 associates. It leaves and passes on to the north early in June, again making its 



