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153 (264) Long-billed curlew 



Numenius longirostris Wils. 



154 (265) Hudsonian curlew 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. 



155 (266) Eskimo curlew 



Numenius borealis (Forst.) 



156 (H.Ln.i) European curlew 1 



Numenius arquatus (Linn.) 



1 There is in the New York state museum, (no. 324 in coll.) one individual of this species 

 believed to have been taken on Long Island in 1853 and we think the evidence is sufficient to 

 warrant its being included in the list of birds actually taken in New York. See Auk, 9: 390-92. 



