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appeared to be a migratory movement of the Hudsonian Curlews 

 toward the north. "They flew high in regular order, like geese, and 

 showed no inclination to alight till a boy, with a long shot, brought 

 down one, wing broken, from a passing flock. Knowing their habits 

 he quickly tied it to a stake in a moist meadow, and concealing him- 

 self close by, had good shooting during the afternoon, for the loud 

 outcry made by his prisoner, brought down every passing flock." 

 (Birds of Ont, 1894, p. 159). 



They migrate chiefly along the eastern coast and go very far north 

 to breed. But few remain in Alaska in summer. In the interior they 

 have been found plentifully but they nest in the Barren Grounds of 

 the Arctic regions. 



112. (266). Numenius borealis (FORST.). 



Eskimo Curlew. 

 Synonyms, DOUGHBIRD, DOEBIRD. 



Bill, small, under 3 inches long; length, 12.00-15.00 inches; wing, 

 8.00-8.50; tarsus, 1.70-1.80; tail, 3.00. Plumage, in tone and pattern 

 almost exactly as in last species, but averaging more rufous, especially 

 under the wings, and primaries, not barred; breast, with transverse 

 V-shaped marking. 



RANGE. America, from Patagonia to the Arctic Ocean, chiefly in 

 the interior of the United States, not on Pacific coast. Breeds within 

 the Arctic Circle. Winters from coast of Gulf States southward. 



Nest, similar to that of the last two. Eggs, 3-4; pale olive, green- 

 ish, olive, or olive-brownish, distinctly spotted, chiefly at the larger 

 end, with deep or dark brown; 2.04 by 1.43. 



Bare migrant. There are specimens in the collection of Cuvier 

 Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, that were taken at Vincennes and Chalmers 

 (Dury). 



This is the smallest of the Curlews and is commonly known as 

 "Doughbird," or "Doebird." It is rare on the Atlantic coast, un- 

 known on the Pacific and migrates chiefly through the Mississippi 

 Valley, where it is the most abundant species from the neighborhood 

 of that river to the Rocky Mountains. In Illinois it is a rather com- 

 mon migrant (Ridgway). In Ohio and Michigan it is not common. 

 They pass north in spring through April and early May, and return 

 in the fall in September and October. It has been taken at Kalama- 

 zoo, Mich., as late as October 28 (Cook, Birds of Mich., p. 63). Dr. 

 Coues found them very abundant in Labrador in August. They are 

 often found in company with Golden Plover. 



