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they may be seen at a distance of several feet. These Sand- 

 pipers arrive late in April and after nesting depart for their 

 winter home about the last of September. 



The range of the Spotted Sandpiper is extensive, covering 

 the whole of North America and South America as far as the 

 northern portion of Brazil. It breeds throughout temperate 

 North America. 



Genus NUMENIUS Brisson, 1760. 



Numenius longirostris Wilson. Long-billed Curlew. 



Numenius longirostris WILSON, Ainer. Orn., VIII, 1814, 24, pi. 64, 



fig. 4. 



Popular synonyms: SICKLE-BILL. BIG CURLEW. SICKLE-BILL SNIPE 

 or CURLEW. 



A very rare migrant. Mr. J. Grafton Parker, Jr., informs 

 me that he once observed a pair of these Curlews on the beach of 

 Lake Michigan near Woodlawn Park, Chicago. Mr. E. W. 

 Nelson says:* "Formerly very abundant during the migra- 

 tions, and a common summer resident. Now (1876) rather un- 

 common in the migrations and a very rare summer resident. 

 A pair nested on the Calumet Marshes the spring of 1873. More 

 numerous on the large marshes in Central Illinois. Arrives the 

 last of April and departs in October." Mr. Robert Ridgway 

 saysif "Transient in most localities. Formerly bred through- 

 out the state, in suitable localities, and still does so in the central 

 and northern districts. Occasionally winters in the extreme 

 southern counties." 



The range of the Long-billed Curlew includes temperate 

 North America in winter south to Guatemala and Cuba. It 

 breeds quite throughout its North America range, but chiefly 

 in the south Atlantic states. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Hudsonian Curlew. 



\umcnius hudsonicus LATH., Ind. Orn., II, 1790, 712. 

 Xumenius intcnncdius XUTTALL, Man., II, 1834, 100. 

 Popular synonyms: SHORT-BILLED CURLEW. JACK CURLEW. 



A very rare or occasional migrant. A fine specimen of this 

 species was sent to me for identification by Mr. R. A. Turtle, 

 who shot the bird at Calumet Heights, Indiana, on August 3, 

 1902. I have seen this species in great numbers on Galveston 

 Island in the spring and fall. In 1876, Mr. E. W. Nelson re- 



*Birds of Northeastern Illinois, Bull, of the Essex Institute, Vol. VTII, 1876, 130. 

 tBevised Cat. of the Birds Ascertained to Occur in Illinois, 1881, 196. 



