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(Provence). — Heugun, Syst. Ueb., 1856, 62 (banks of Nile in winter); Orn. 

 N.-O.-Afrika, ii, pt. 1, 1873, 1150 (lower Ej^ypt; Khartoum; Abyssinia; coastof 

 Arabia).— HoMEYER, Journ. f tir Orn.. 1859, 369 (in captivity). — Heine, Journ. 

 fiirOrn., 1860, 201 (Camraa, Africa).— Lindermayer, Vog. Grie<henl., 1860, 

 146. — Blasius (R.), Journ. fiir Orn., 3863, Beilage, 68 (Braunschweig).— 

 Altum, Journ. fiir Orn., 1863, 120 (Miinsterland). — Radde, Reis. Sibir., 

 1863. 340, part; Orn. Oaucas., 1884, 45 (Tiflis, breeding at 6,300 ft.), 435 

 (Lenkoran). — Nordmann, Journ. fiir Orn., 1864, 375 (Finland; Lapland). — 

 Salvadori, Journ. fiir Orn., 1865, 315 (Sardinia).- — Holtz, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1868, 160 (Gottska-Sando, Norway).— Finsch, Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 336 

 (w. Africa). — Dohrn, Journ. fiir Orn., 1871, 9 (Cape de Verd Islands). — 

 BiJTTiKOFER, Notes Leyden Mus., vii, 1885, 243 (Liberia); x, 1888, 102 (Junk 

 River, Liberia); xi, 1889, 137 (Liberia). — Hartert, Journ. fiir Orn., 1886, 

 608 (w. Africa); Novit. Zool., vdi, 1901, 306 (Canary Islands); x, 1903, 297 

 (Rio de Oro, w. Africa). — Koenig, Journ. fiir Orn., 1890, 454 (Canary Is- 

 lands); 1893, 89 (Tunis).— ScHALOw, Journ. fiir Orn., 1899, 386 (Spitz- 

 bergen). — Grant, Novit. Zool., vii, 1900, 268 (s. Arabia). — Reichenow, 

 Journ. fiir Orn., 1902, 12 (Togo Land, w. Africa); Deutsch. Tiefsee-Exped., 

 7 Bd., 5 Lief., 1904, 353 (Chagos Islands). 



N[umenius] phaeopus Keyserling and Blasius, Wirb. Eur., 1840, pi). Ixxviii, 

 217. 



Num[enius] phaeopus Droste, Journ. fiir Orn., 1869, 343 (Faro Islands). 



Numenius phosopus Temminck, Cat. Syst., 1807, 170. — Vieillot, Nouv. D"ct. 

 d'Hist. Nat., viii, 1817, 303.— Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, ed. 2, ii, 1856, 583; 

 ed. 3, ii, 1856, 616.— Seebohm and Brown, Ibis, 1876, 311 (lower Petchora 

 R., Russia). 



Numenius phoeopus Hartert and Grant, Novit. Zool., xii, 1905, 104 (San Miguel, 

 Azores). 



[Phaeopus] phseopus Cuvier, Rfegne Anim., i, 1817, 485. 



[Scolopax\ borealis (not of Forster, 1772) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 654. 



Numenius minor Leach, Syst. Cat. Mam., etc., Brit. Mus., 1816, 32 (Devonshire, 

 England; type now in coll. Brit. Mus.). 



[Phaeopus] minor Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 326 



P[h£eopus] vulgaris Fleming, Philos. Zool., ii, 1822, 254. 



(?) Phaeopus arquatus (not Scolopax arquata Linnaeus) Stephens, Shaw's Gen. 

 Zool., xii, pt. i, 1824, 36, pi. 5. 



Numenius islandicus Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 610 (Iceland; Germany). 



Numenius haesitatusJlATiTLAVB, Orn. West-Afrika, 1857, 233 (island of St. Thomas) 



[Numenius] hxsitatus Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 42, no. 10251 {nomen nudum). 



[Ntimenius] melanorhynchus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 597 (nomen 

 nudum; Greenland). — Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 42, no. 10251. 



Numenius melanorhynchus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 1021. 



PH^OPUS HUDSONICUS (Latham). 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Similar to P. phseopus, but lower back and rump concolor with 

 interscapular region, under parts decidedly more buffy, and ground 

 color of axillars and under wing-coverts vinaceous-buff instead of 

 white. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Pileum uniform dark grayish brown (clove 

 broAvn or fuscous) divided longitudinally by a narrow stripe (more or 



