ZOOLOGICAL. DEPARTxMENT. 



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Genus NUMENIUS Beiss. 



l'24-2(»4-((>4:j). NiinuMiius loiistirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlkw; Sickle- 

 killed Curlew. 



Long-billed Curlew. 



Rare migrant; " rare near Lake Erie " (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully 

 among Michigan migrants by Dr. J. B. Steere; " breeds in the Upper Peninsula '' 

 (H. Nehrling); valuable table bird. 



125-265-(64:5). Numeuius hudsouicus Lath. Hudsonian Curlew; Jack Curlew; 

 Short-billed Curlew. 



Very rare; "only two taken to my knowledge" (Gibbs" Birds of Michigan): 

 " never seen in Monroe Co." (Jerome Trombley); admitted doubtfully by Dr. J. B. 

 Steere among Michigan migrants. 



12G-2(>G-(<>^6). Numeuius boreaiis (Forst.). Eskimo Curlew. 



Exceedingly rare; one specimen reported by Dr. M. Gibbs; admitted doubtfully 

 by Dr. J. B. Steere; Benj. Syke, of Kalamazoo, records one as late as Oct. 28; 

 migrant; gregarious; about marshes; excellent for table. 



Family CHARADRIID.E. Plovers. 



Peed on insects, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.; eggs usually dark and spotted; some 

 species valuable as game birds. 



Genus CHARADRIDS Linn. 



Black-bellied Plover, natural size. 



