

LONG BILLED CURLEW. 



(Xumenius longirostris, Wilson, viii. p. 23. pi. 64. fig. 4. Bonap. 

 Synops. No. 242. Phil. Museum, No. 3910.) 



Sp. Charact. — Crown blackish, with whitish streaks, no medial 

 line ; rump uniform in color with the rest of the plumage ; long 

 axillary feathers ferruginous, without bars; the bill very long, 

 and much arched. 



The Long Billed Curlew is seen in the marshes of New 

 Jersey, about the middle of May, on its way further north : 

 and in September, or the latter end of August on their return 

 from their breeding places. How far south they retire in 

 the course of the winter, has not been ascertained, but a 

 few, no doubt, winter in the marshes of South Carolina, as 

 I have observed them on the muddy shores of the Santee, 



