72 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.) 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Popular synonyms. Jack Curlew; Short-billed Curlew. 



Scolopax borealis Wils. Am. Orn. vii, 1813, 22, pi. 56, fig. 1 (nee Forster 1772). 



Numenius borealis Ord, eel. Wilson, 1825— Brewer, ed. Wilson, 1840, 473 (excl. syn.). 

 Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 712.— Sw. & Rich. F. B.-A. ii, 1831, 377- 

 Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 97— Aud. Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 283; v, 1830, 589, pi. 237; Synop. 1839, 

 554; B. Am. vi, 1843, 42, pi. 356.— Cass, in Baird's B. N. A. 1858, 744— Baird, Cat. N. Am. 

 B. 1859, No. 550— Coues. Key, 1872, 262; Check List, 1873, No. 442; 2d ed. 1882, No. 645; 

 Birds N.W. 1874, 509.— Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 559; Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 

 171. -B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 315.-A. O. U. Check List, 1886, No. 265. 

 Numenius intermedins Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 100. 



Hab. The whole of America, including the West Indies ; breeds in the high north, and 

 winters chiefly south of the United States. Greenland. 



Sp. Char. Adult. Crown dark sooty brown, divided longitudinally by a mesial stripe 

 of buff; a narrow dusky stripe on side of head, from bill to anterior angle of the eye, con- 

 tinued back beneath the eye and along upper edge of auriculars, separated from the dusky 

 of the crown by a wide, well-defined superciliary stripe of light buff, the chin, throat, and 

 abdomen immaculate; other portions, including cheeks, entire neck, jugulum, and breast 

 marked with linear streaks of dark brown; axillars pinkish buff or dilute cinnamon, barred 

 with dark brown. Upper parts spotted with dark sooty brown and light buff, the latter pre- 

 vailing on the wing-coverts, the former on the back; rump and upper tail-coverts similarly 

 spotted; primaries dusky, the inner quills spotted with buff. 



This species is much rarer than the Long-billed Curlew, and 

 never remains within the State during the breeding season. We 

 are unfortunately unable to present any information of partic- 

 ular interest respecting its habits. 



Numenius borealis (Forst.) 



ESKIMO CURLEW. 



Popular synonyms. Little Curlew; Dough-bird; Futes (Long Island). 

 Scolopax borealis Forst. Phil. Trans, lxii, 1772, 411, 431 (Albany Fort). 

 Numenius borealis Lath. Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 712.— Sw. & Rich. F. B.-A. ii, 1831, 378, pi. 

 65.— Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 101.— Aud. Orn. Biog. iii. 1835, 69; v, 1839, 590, pi. 208; Synop. 

 1839, 255; B. Am. vi, 1843, 45, pi. 357.— Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 714.— Baird, 

 Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 551.— Coues, Key, 1872,262; Check List, 1873, No. 443; 2d 

 ed. 1882, No. 646; B. N. W. 1874, 510.— Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 560; Man. 

 N. Am. B. 1887, 171 — B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884,318.— A. O. U. Check List, 1886, 

 No. 266. 

 Hab. Eastern Province of North America; breeding in Arctic districts, where extend- 

 ing from the Prybilof Islands (not breeding) to Greenland: migrating south to extremity of 

 South America (Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and Chili); no West Indian record, 

 but noted from Bermuda and Trinidad (Leotaud). Occasional in Europe. Not recorded 

 from western North America. 



Sp. Char. A dult. Crown dusky, streaked with buff, but without distinct mesial stripe ; 

 a dusky stripe of aggregated streaks on side of head, from bill to and behind the eye; rest 

 of head, neck, and entire lower parts light buff, the cheeks and neck streaked, the breast, 



