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V. S. p. K. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



Phaeopus, Cuv. 

 NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS, Latham. 



ShorUbilled or UadsoDian,CnrIew. 



Scolopax horealis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788,654. (Not of Forster, 177a.)— Wilsos, Am. Ora. VII, 1813, 22; pi. M. 

 Numcnim horealis, Ord, ed. Wils YII, 1825. Not of Latham. 



Numenius hudionicus, Latham, Ind. Orn. 11, 1790, 712.— Bon. Obs. 1825, No. 201.— ^iv. F. B. Am. II, 1831, 377.— 

 • NoTT. Man. II, 1834, 97.— Ano. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 233 : V, 589; pi. 237.— Ib. Syn. 254.— 



Ib. Birds Am VI, 1843, 42; pi. 356. 

 Kiimenius mdannptis, Vieillot, in part. 



Nununiits rufus, Vieillot, Gal. II, 1825, 118; pi. 245. (Mixed with longirostris.) 

 ?Xumenius iniermetlms, Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 100. 



Sp. Ch. — Smaller than the preceding. Bill abcut twice the length of the bead; -wings long; tail short; legs moderate. Head 

 above brownish black, with a longitudinal band ; other upper parts brownish black, tinged with ashy, spotted with dull yellowish 

 wliite, and lighter on the rump. Under parts dull yellowish white, with longitudinal narrow stripes of blackish brown on the 

 neck and breast; under wing coverts and axillaries pale ashy rufous, transversely barred with black; quills brownish black, with 

 transverse bars of pale rufous on the inner webs; tail brownish black, with transverse bars of pale ashy brown. Bill brownish 

 black ; base of lower mandible reddish yellow ; legs greenish brown. Specimens vary in the shade of the lighter colors of the 

 plumage and in the length of the bill- Total length about 18 inches ; wing, 9 ; tail, 4 ; bill 3 to 4 ; tarsus, 2\ inches. 



Hah. — Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America; California, (Mr. Cassidy.) 



Smaller, and with the colors diiFerent from the preceding. Thi.s hird is represented as ahun- 

 dant in the northern regions of this continent, but is much less frequent in the United States 

 than the preceding. 



A Numenius rujiventris is described by Vigors^ from the west coast of America, which is closely 

 related to the present species, if not the same. 



List of specimens. 



Locality. 



Atlantic coast 



Cape May, New Jersey 

 Presidio, California 



When collected. 



May, 1842 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



J. K. Townsend. 

 Lt. Trowbridge. . 



Figures 

 V, pi. 381. 



NUMENIUS BOKEALIS, (Forst.) Latham. 



Esquimaux Curlew. 



Scolopax horealis, Forster, Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 411; Albany Fort. 



Numenius horealis, Latham, lud Orn. II, 1790, 712.— Bon. Syn. 1828^ 314 —Ib. List, 1838.- Sw. F. B. A. H, 1831, 



378; pi Ixv.— Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 10(1— Aud. Ora. Biog. Ill, 183.5, 69: V, 590; pi. 208.— 



Ib. Syn. 2.55.— Ib. Birds Amer. VI, 1843, 45; pi. 357. 

 Numenius hreviroslris, Licht. Verz. 1823, No. 774. 

 " Numenius hemirhynchus, Temm." 



.—And. B of Am. pi. 208; oct. ed. VI, pi. 357.— Rich, and Swains. Faun. Bor. Am. Birds, pi. 65.— Temm. PI. Col- 



1 Zool. .Tournal, IV, Jan. 1829, 350 —Ib. Zool. of Blossom, 1839, 28. 



