ESQUIMAUX, OR SHORT-BILLED CURLEW. 



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stream, and you will often discover two or three suspicious- 

 looking heads peering up from among the high grass, within a 

 short distance of the banks, and Avhich will offer an easy shot 

 to the marksman. We have obtained many a good shot in 

 this way, which otherwise would have been passed by. This 

 Bird is not the same with the Scolopax Phaepus, or Whimbrel 

 of England, as originally supposed, but proves to be an entirely 

 distinct species. 



