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Status uncertain. 



The Eskimo curlew, formerly abundant, is now nearly extinct 

 as few individuals have been seen in recent years. It has been found 

 in Porto Rico casually. Tippenhauer has included it in his list 

 of birds without information as to its standing. It is placed in the 

 hypothetical list. 



This species is similar to the Hudsonian Curlew in general appear- 

 ance, but is smaller, the bill being under three inches, and the pri- 

 maries blackish without bars on the inner surface.] 



PHAEOPUS HUDSONICUS (Latham) 

 HUDSONIAN CURLEW 



Numenius Jiudsonicus Latham, Index Ornith., vol. 2, 1790, p. 712 (Hud- 

 son Bay). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 (listed). — Beebe, Zool. 

 Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 139; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 220 (Etang 

 Sauniatre). 



Phaeopus hudsonicus, Daneoeth, Auk, 1929. p. 364 (Les Salines). 



Rare during migration. 



Tippenhauer mentions this bird without giving locality where he 

 found it. Beebe in 1927 remarks that " three birds kept just beyond 

 gun-shot on the marshes of the Etang Saumatre." Danforth and 

 Emlen saw one at Les Salines July 30, 1927. There are no further 

 records at present. The Hudsonian curlew is found on open mud- 

 flats or beaches. 



It is grayish brown above, with the feathers mottled somewhat 

 with whitish. The rump and tail are barred with buff and dull 

 black, the underparts are buffy or whitish streaked with black on the 

 neck and breast, and barred with black on the sides and under wing 

 coverts. The decurved bill is more than three inches in length. 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus) 

 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, PLAYERO MANCHADO 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Penn- 

 sylvania). 



? Becasseau, Descourttlz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 214-216 (in part). 



Tringoides macidarius, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 154 ( Jaemel, 

 specimens) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, Dec, 1884, pp. 148-149 (Port-au- 

 Prince, Jaemel, specimens). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 

 (listed). — Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 337 (Sanchez, Yuna River). 



Totanus macularius, Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902. p. 293 (S&nchez). 



Actitis macularia, Cory, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 94 (Haiti, Domini- 

 can Republic). — Cherrie, Field Col. Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1S96, p. 25 

 (Dominican Republic). — Verrhx, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1919, p. 

 356 (Dominican Republic). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917. p. 

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