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265. Numenius hudsonicus LATH. 



Hudsonian Curlew. 



Numenius hudsonicus LATH. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 

 [B 550, C 442, R 559> C 645.] 



HAB. All of North and South America, including the West Indies ; 

 breeds in the high north, and winters chiefly south of the United 

 States. 



266. Numenius borealis (FORST.). 



Eskimo Curlew. 



Scolopax borealis FORST. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 411, 431. 

 Numenius borealis LATH. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



[B 55 1, C 4 43, Rs6o,C6 4 6.] 



HAB. Eastern Province of North America, breeding in the Arctic 

 regions, and migrating south to the southern extremity of South 

 America. 



[267.] Numenius phaeopus (LINN.). 



Whimbrel. 



Scolopax phaopus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 146. 

 Numenius phceopus LATH. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 711. 



[B - C - R 561, C 644.] 

 HAB. Northern parts of the Old World ; occasional in Greenland. 



[268.] Numenius tahitiensis (GMEL.). 



Bristle-thighed Curlew. 



Scolopax tahitiensis GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 656. 

 Numenius tahitiensis RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 

 201. 



[B 0442 fc>, R 562, 0647-] 



HAB. Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Occasional on the coast of 

 Alaska. 



