72 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. ^ 



Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.) 



HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 



Popular synonyms. Jack Curlew; Short-billed Curlew. 



Sculopax hurealU WiLS. Am. Orn. vii, 1813. 22, pi. 56, lig. 1 inec Foestee 1772). 



Numenius boreaUs Oed, ed. Wilson, 1825.— Beewee, ed. Wilson, 1840, 173 (excL syn.). 

 Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Iiid. Orn. ii. 17!)Q, 712.-Sw. & KicH. F. B.-A. ii, 1831, 377.— 

 NuTT. Man. ii, 1831, 97.— AuD. Orn. Biog.iii, 1835, 283; V. 18.3:1, .58!), pi. 237: Synop. 1839, 

 554; B. Am. vi, 1813, 42, pi. 350.— Cass, in Baird's B. N. A. 18.58, 74-1.— Baied, Cat. N. Am. 

 B. 1859, No. 550.— COUES. Key, 1872, 262; Clieclc List, 1873, No. 442; 2d ed. 1882, No. 645; 

 BirdsN.W.lS74.509.—RiDGW.Nom. N.Am. B. 1881, No. 559; Man. N. Am. B. 1887. 

 171.— B. B. & K. Water B. N. Am. i. 1884. 315.— A. 0. U. Check List. 1886, No. 265. 

 Numenius interinedius Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 100. 



Had. The whole of America, including the West Indies; breeds in the high north, and 

 winters cliielly south of the United States. Greenland. 



Sp. Chae. Adult. Crown dark sooty browu, divided longitudinally by a mesial stripe 

 of buff; a narrow dusky stripe on side of hi'ad, from bill to anterior angle of the eye, con- 

 tinued back beneath the eye and along upper edge of auriculars, separated from the dusky 

 of the crown by a wide, well-defined superciliary stripe of Ught buff, the chin, thi-oat, and 

 abdomen immaculate; other portions, including cheeks, entire neck, jugulum, and breast 

 marked with linear streaks of dark brown; axillars pinkish buff or dilute cinnamon, barred 

 with dark brown. Upper parts spotted with dark sooty brown and light buff, the latter pre- 

 vailing on the wing-coverts, the former on the back; rump and upper tail-coverts similarly 

 spotted; primaries dusky, the inner quills spotted with buff. 



This species is much rarer than the Long-billed Curlew, and 

 never remains within the State during the breeding season. We 

 are unfortunately unable to present any information of partic- 

 ular interest respecting its habits, 



Numenius borealis (Foist.) 



ESKIMO CUELEW. 



Popular synonyms. Little Curlew; Dough-bird; Futes (Long Island). 

 Sinlnpar. bi'vcalis Foest. Phil. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 411, 131 (Albany Fort). 

 Nniiieiiiiis hnycnlis Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 712.-SW. & ElCH. F. B.-A. ii, 1831,378, pi. 

 (B.— NuTT. Man. ii, 1834, 101.— Aud. Orn. Biog. iii. 1835. 69; v, 1839, .590, pi. 208; Synop. 

 1839, 255; B. Am. vi. 1813, 45, pi. 357.— Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 714.— Baikd. 

 Cat. N. Am. B. 18,59. No. 551.— CoUBs, Key, 1872,262; Check List, 1873, No. 443; 2d 

 od. 1882, No. 616; B. N, W. 1874, .510. —Kidgw. Nom. N. Am. B, 18S1, No. 560; Man. 

 N. Am. B, 1887, 171.-B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. i. 1884,318.— A. O. U. Chock List, 1886. 

 No. 266. 

 Had. Eastern Pioviu e of North America; breeding in Arctic districts, where extend- 

 ing from the Prybilof Islands (not brooding) to Greenland; migrating south to extremity of 

 South America (Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and Chili); no West Indian record, 

 but noted from Bermuda and Trinidad (Leotiiud). Occasional in Europe. Not recorded 

 from western North America. 



Sp. Chae. A dull. Crown dusky, sti-eaked with buff, but without distinct mesial stripe; 

 a dusky .stripe of aggregated streaks on side of head, from bill to and behind the eye; rest 

 of head, neck, and entire lower parts light bulT. the checks aud nock streaked, the breast. 



