88 



SHORE BIRDS. 



2. HUDSONIAN CUKLEW, N. HUDSONICUS. Differs 

 from 1 in being smaller, 17.00; bill, 3.50; in being paler, in 



Fig. 104. 



having a distinct 

 central line of buff 

 on head and a su- 

 perciliary line of 

 the same, and the 

 axillaries banded 

 with dusky; inner 

 webs of primaries, 

 spotted with red- 

 dish on their edges, 

 fig. 104. Breeds far 

 north in N. A. mi_ 

 grating south in 

 Aug. at which time 

 it is not uncommon 

 on the coast of G, D, r, 2. 1-8. 



Mass, and southward, sometimes remaining until the mid- 

 dle of Sep. ; winters south of the U. S. occurring at that sea- 

 son all over S. A., Call note, a clear, rather shrill whistle. 

 Flight not unlike that of 1. 



3. ESQUIMO CURLEW, K. BORKALIS. Smallest of 

 our Curlews, 13.50; bill, 2.25; differs from 2 in color, in the 

 Fig. 105. absence of the 



central line of 

 buff on crown, in 

 having the mark- 

 ings- on the sides 

 arrow shaped, 

 and in having 

 the inner webs of 

 primaries with- 

 out light spot- 

 t ings , fig. 105. 

 Breeds far north 

 in eastern N. A. 

 G, D, r, 3. 1-8. migrating south 



