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turned up by the plow, or in meadow lands, probably feeding on 

 ants in the latter situation. Richardson records finding them 

 feeding on large ants at Fort Franklin in late May 1849-"*. The 

 curlews were rarely seen near water, but were upland birds al- 

 most exclusively during their spring migration over the Great 

 Plains region. 



The flesh of the Eskimo Curlew is said by all who have eaten 

 it to have been exceedingly well flavored, and, according to Mr 

 Hoagland, the equal if not the superior of any of our large 

 shore birds. 



Although the Eskimo Curlew is reduced to the point of extinc- 

 tion, it is probably not yet absolutely extinct, and if the pitiful 

 remnant of the species could be absolutely protected there is still 

 a chance that it might be enabled to recover and be saved. A 

 campaign of education as to the present desperate status of this 

 bird, by all ornithologists and true sportsmen, together with ab- 

 solute legal protection under high penalties everywhere, and a 

 complete cessation of killing" these birds even for specimens, 

 might actually accomplish this result. The recently enacted fed- 

 eral law giving the control of migratory birds to the General 

 Government should be a large help in such a campaign. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 



SOME BIRD NOTES FROM LINCOLN AND VICINITY 



Two Herring Gulls (Lonis argentatiis) were observed flying 

 back and forth over the lake at Capital Beach on April 7, 1912. 

 Dr. H. B. Lowry also reported this species in early April, 1912, 

 at the same locality. 



During the past two years the Northern Phalarope (Lobipes 

 lobatus) has been present at Capital Beach during the fall migra- 

 tion, the writer having observed small flocks of three to a dozen 

 birds on the following dates: August 24, August 31, and Septem- 

 ber 7, 1913 ; September 13 and 20, 1914. 



The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) was 

 noted at the Beach on August 24, 30 and September 13, 1914. 

 On August 24 three birds were seen feeding on the sand, and 



