188 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Summer-resident and passage- 

 migrant. A few breed Orkneys and Shetlands, and apparently 

 breeding-birds have been seen North Rona (0. Hebrides), and 

 possibly on an islet off west Ross. No authentic case of breeding 

 elsewhere. Passage-migrant all coasts and often inland, April and 

 May and end July to Sept. and occasionally later. A few non- 

 breeders sta}^ summer. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Iceland, Faeroes, north Scandi- 

 navia, north Russia, and west Siberia, and is found occasionally in 

 Greenland. Migrates through western Palsearctic region and winters 

 on coasts of Africa, some individuals remaining in winter-quarters 

 all the year round. Replaced by the allied, but easily separable, 

 N. phceopus variegatus in north-east Asia, the latter migrating to 

 south-east xA.sia and Australia. 



NUMENIUS BOREALIS 



406. Numenius borealis (Forster)— THE ESKIMO-CURLEW. 



ScoLOPAX BOREALIS J. R. Forster, Philos. Trans., lxii, p. 431 (1772 — 



Fort Albany, Hudson Bay). 



Numenius borealis (J. R. Forster), Yarrell, in, p. 512 ; Saunders, p. 631. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Seven or eight. One Sept. 6, 1855, 

 and one Sejot. 21, 1880, Kincardine. One Sept. 29, 1879, Aberdeen. 

 Two Nov., 1852, near Woodbridge (Suffolk), and one alleged R. Aide 

 (Suffolk) prior to 1870. One Sept. 10, 1887, Scilly Isles. One 

 Dublin Market, Oct., 1870, alleged from Sligo (Saunders, p. 631). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds on Barren Grounds of north 

 Mackenzie in arctic America, j)asses through United States and 

 winters in South America from Galapagos Islands and Chile to 

 Brazil, Argentina, and Patagonia. Also recorded from Greenland 

 and Falkland Islands. Said to have become very rare, so that fears 

 have been expressed of its becoming extinct. 



NUMENIUS TENUIROSTRIS 



407. Numenius tenuirostris VieilL— THE SLENDER-BILLED 



CURLEW. 



Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, Xouv. Diet. d'Hist. Xat., nouv, ed., 



VIII, p. 302 (1817— Egypt). 



Numenius tenuirostris VieilL, M. J. Xicoll, Brit. B., v, p. 124. 



Distribution. — England. — Three or more. Young male and 

 female Sei)t. 21, and adult male Sej^t. 23, 1910, from " small flock " 

 near Brookland (Kent) {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in north, the onl}^ breeding-place 

 so far known being west Siberia ; passes winter in Mediterranean 

 countries, as far west as south France and Algeria. Obtained on 



