BIRDS OF MAINE. 51 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson. 



123. (264). Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Cur- 

 lew. 



A casual visitor in spring and late summer. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "one at Scarborough, May 2nd, 1866" 

 (Smith's List of the Birds of Maine, Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 85) ; 

 Knox, "rare visitant in summer" (Norton) ; Sagadahoc, "very rare in 

 August" (Spinney) ; Washington, "very rare" (Boardman). 



124. (265). Numenius hudsonicus Xai/i. Hudsonian Curlew. 

 A quite rare migrant aloug the coast in spring and autumn, 



breeding in the far north. 



County Records. — Cumberland, "common" (Brock) ; Knox, "migrant" 

 (Rackliff) ; Washington, "very rare" (Boardman). 



125. (266). Numenius borealis (Forst.). Eskimo Curlew. 



A migrant of varjung abundance, chiefly occurring along the 

 coast and less commonly in the interior of the state. In other 

 parts of the country it is said to be far commoner in the interior 

 than it is coastwise. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "common'' 

 (Brock); Knox, "migrant" (Rackliff); Piscataquis, "rare visitor" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "very few in Aug." (Spinney) ; Washington, 

 "very rare" (Boardman). 



Family CHARADRIID^. Plovers. 

 Genus SQUATAROLA Cuvier. 



126. (270). Squatarola squatarola (^Linn.). Black-bellied 

 Plover. 



Common along the coast in migrations and of rare occurrence in 

 the interior. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "common" 

 (Brock) ; Hancock, "migrant" (Dorr) ; Knox, "migrant" (RacklifF) ; 

 liincoln, "as seen on Western Egg Rock, June 24, 1895" (Norton) ; 

 Penobscot, "a specimen killed on Sunkhaze Stream is in the Univer- 

 sity of Maine collection" (Knight) ; Sagadahoc, "common fall and spring" 

 (Spinney) ; Washington, "not very common" (Boardman). 



Genus CHARADRIUS Linnteus. 



127. (272). Charadrius domiuicus 3IulL American Golden 

 Plover. 



