CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 183 
common to the west. From May 18th to 25th these birds 
begin to make their appearance on the coast of Norton Sound, 
Alaska, where, however, only a very few pairs remain to nest, the 
others passing on still farther to the north to the extended open 
country bordering the shores of the Arctic Sea. 
BREEDING NotEes.—The chief breeding haunts of this bird 
seem to be still unknown, but the fact of Hutchins speaking of it 
shows that many of the eastern migrants must breed along the 
south shore of Hudson Bay. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three specimens of this species, all taken on the island at 
Toronto, Ont., by Mr. S. Herring. 
266. Eskimo Curlew. 
Numenius borealis (Forst.) LatTuH. 1790. 
By far the most common species of Curlew on the coast of 
Newfoundland, but a periodical visitor. (Aeeks.) Casual in Green- 
land, and not uncommon in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward 
Island, but a rare autumn visitor in New Brunswick. A rare 
migrant in Quebec. Accidental in Ontario; Mr. MclIlwraith says 
he is aware of only three specimens being taken in Ontario in 
twenty years. 
Mr. L. M. Turner observed several large flocks of this species 
flying over the mouth of the Koksoak River, Ungava Bay; plen- 
tiful in the fall in southern Labrador, but the flocks do not stop. 
Mr. Spreadborough saw none when he made a traverse of Labra- 
dor in. July, 1896. It was found in large numbers in August, 1884, 
by Dr. R. Bell, at Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay. 
Macfarlane found it breeding in great numbers on the Barren 
Grounds. It is an irregular visitor at Point Barrow, and not a 
common one, but Murdoch says it is well known to the natives. 
Mr. Nelson reports this species to be the comnionest of the 
curlews in northern Alaska, more especially along the coasts of 
Behring Sea and Kotzebue Sound. 
BREEDING Notes.—This curlew frequents the Barren Lands 
within the Arctic circle in summer, where it feeds on grubs and 
