ESKIMO CURLEW. 513 



Mr. N. F. Hele, in bis ' Notes about Aldeburgb ' (p. 177), 

 publisbecl in 1870, states tbat " an example of tbe species 

 was killed some years since, on tbe river [Aide, in Suffolk], 

 by Captain Ferrand, but was, unfortunately, not preserved, 

 One in tbe possession of Mr. Hilling, of Woodbridge, in very 

 similar dress, was obtained in tbe river in tbat neigbbour- 

 bood." Tbese two are tbe only occurrences recorded in 

 England. 



In Ireland one, sbot in Sligo, was purcbased in tbe flesb 

 in Dublin market on tbe 21st October, 1870 (Zool. ss. p. 

 2408), and became tbe property of Sir Victor Brooke, Bart., 

 wbo exbibited it at a meeting of tbe Zoological Society 

 (P.Z.S. 1871, p. 299). 



On tbe 29tb of September, 1879, anotber example of tbis 

 rare straggler was sbot in Aberdeensbire, by Mr. Ramsay, 

 of Staines, and exbibited by Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, at tbe 

 meeting of tbe Natural History Society of Glasgow on tbe 

 26tb of November. Mr. G. Sim, of Aberdeen, to wbom tbe 

 bird was sent for preservation, stated tbat tbe bird was a 

 male, weigbing eigbt ounces, and tbat its stomacb contained 

 crowberries, some flies, and a caterpillar (Zool. 1879, p. 

 135). On tbe 21st September, 1880, an adult male sbot in 

 tbe Forest of Birse, Kincardinesbire, was sent to tbe same 

 taxidermist, and its stomacb was found to contain crow- 

 berries (Zool. 1880, pp. 485 and 515). 



From Ricbardson, Audubon, Dr. Elliott Coues and otbers, 

 we learn tbat tbe Eskimo Curlew is found in summer in 

 tbe Nortb American regions witbin tbe Arctic circle. Tbe 

 former discovered a nest witb tbree eggs near Point Lake 

 on tbe 13tb June, 1822, and tbe late Mr. MacFarlane, wben 

 collecting for tbe Smitbsonian Institution, found tbe bird 

 breeding in considerable numbers to tbe east of tbe Anderson 

 River. Mr. E. W. Nelson states (Cruise of tbe ' Corwin,' 

 p. 90) tbat it occurs in summer abundantly at Norton Sound, 

 and sparingly at tbe moutb of tbe Yukon, frequenting tbe 

 wbole of tbe low-lying coast of Alaska on migration, and 

 visiting tbe Pribilov Islands ; on tbe Nortb Siberian coast 

 four specimens of tbis — tbe only species of Curlew seen — 



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