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Rare and irregular fall migrant. 



Formerly regular and frequent both in spring and fall, appearing 

 about the middle of May, according to Wilson, and again in Septem- 

 ber. He further states that "a few instances have been known of one 

 or two pair remaining in the salt marshes of Cape May all summer. 

 A person of respectability informed me that he once started a Curlew 

 from her nest, which was composed of a little dry grass, and contained 

 four eggs. This was in July." Wilson, however, never saw a nest 

 himself, so that the breeding of the species in the State is not posi- 

 tively established. 



Turnbull in 1869 still regarded the "Sickle Bill" as frequent. In 

 1877 Scott 1 reports it rare at Long Beach, and very shy; seen the 

 middle of April. The only subsequent record with which I am ac- 

 quainted is a specimen taken by Dr. W. L. Abbott, in Cape May 

 county, September 14th, 1880. 2 Mr. Laurent's 3 remarks on this 

 species in his "Birds of Five Mile Beach" evidently refer to the fol- 

 lowing. 



265 Numenius hudsonicus Latham. 

 Hudsonian Curlew, Jack Curlew. 



Adults. Length, 16.50-18. Wing, 9-10.25. Differs from the Long-billed 

 Curlew in size and in having the axillars barred with dusky and the lower 

 parts paler buff. 



Common transient. April 25th to June 1st, and again July 15th 

 to September 15th. 



Mr. Scott 4 found them at Long Beach as early as July 9th in 1877, 

 and Mr. H. W. Hand saw them in spring of 1907 on April 12th. 



Mr. Hand found a roosting spot on the meadows on May 23d, 1907, 

 to which great numbers of the birds resorted at dusk. 5 



1 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879. 



2 Colin. Phila. Acad. 



3 O. and O., 1892, p. 53. 



* Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879. 

 5 Cassinia, 1907, p. 69. 



