SCOLOPACID.E — THE HNIl'E FAMILY — NUMENIUS. 



316 



vciy uiiit'ormly distributed ovor the wliole surface, and consistiuK of ratlier snuill 

 hlotclu's, longitudinal in direction, and of a l)urnt-und)er tint. In others (S. I. No. 

 ,"ill7) the ground-eolor is a pearly white, with a sliadingof cream, covered with large 

 lildtehes of an ashy lilac, these; being overlain by siaallcr ami deeper spots of burnt- 

 liiiilier. These eggs vary from L'.TU to 'J.W inches in length, and from 1.78 to l.Dli 

 imlies in breadth. 



Numenius Hudsonicua. 



THE HUDBONIAN CURLEW. 



Scolojtax homilin, (I.\m-.l. S. N. I. 1788, 054 (nee Fdiistku, 1772). — Wils. Am, Orn. VII. 1813, 22, 



1.1. 5(5, lig. 1. 

 y II mi- II i lis l« lira /is, OiMi, ctl. \Vn..siiN, 1.H25. — l!i!i.wi:i:, id. Wii.sos, \siu, 173 (excl. syn.). 

 Xiniidiiiis Jliii/.soiiiriis, Laiu. Iml. Oiii. II. 17!'l), 71"i (iiiiscil oii KsijiiiiiKiii.i- Ciirlnr, Arct. Zciol. II. 



ItJl, no. :ii!l, pi. I'.i. and lliidsiiiiinn Ciir/iir, Lath. Syn. Siii)i)l. VII. 'J43). — Sw. & Kicii. 



F. H. A. II. ISiil, y77. — .NiTT. iMiin. II. 1834, St7.— AuD. Oiu. Iliog. III. I.'t3.'., 283; V. 



183!t, 5Si», 111. 237 ; Syiio].. 1831), 254 ; 15, Am. VI. 1843, 42, i>l. 350. — (.'ass. in Buird's 11. N. 



Am. 1858, 744. — l5Aiiii>, Cat. N. Am. 15. I85i», no. 550. — Cocks, Koy, 1872, 2(J2 ; Clicrk 



List, 1S73, no. 442 ; 2(1 cd. 1882, no. (145 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 509. — Itmow. Norn. N. Am. 



B. 1881, no. 55U. 

 Xiimaiius iiilcrmcdius, Ni'TT. linn. II. 1834, 100. 

 Kiiiiirnins ntfivcntris, Vki. Zool. .lour. IV. 182',», 356. 

 " XumcniitH hriifiiUcnsis, Maxim, ct l5cr..M." (.Si.aiku). 



IIah. The wliole ol' Anierini, incliuling the West Imlies; breeds in the high north, and 

 winters tliietly soutli of the United States. Cireenland. 



.•^i'. CuAR. Adult : Crown d.irk sooty brown, divided longitudinally by a mesial stripe of Ixiff ; 

 a narrow diisky stripe on side of head, fioiu bill to aiUerior angle ol' the eye, eontinued back beneath 

 the eye and along upper edge of auriculars, sepamted I'roni the dusky of the crown by a wide, well- 



hnt w;is 

 lis (piite 

 lof that 



dciinod superciliary stripe of ligh^ aiff. Rest of head and neck, and entire lower parts, light buff, 

 till' tliin, throat, and abdomen innnaciilate, other portions, ineluding cheeks, entire neck, jnguluni, 

 and lireast, marked with linear streaks of dark brown ; axillars pinkish buff or dilute cinnamon, 

 baned with dark brown. Upper parts spotted with dark sijoty brown and light bnif, the latter 

 p!v\-ailing on the wing-coverts, the former on the back ; rump and upper tail-coverts similarly 

 siMitteil ; primaries dusky, the inner rpiills spotted with buff. 



Wing, 9.00-10.25 ; culnien, 3.(HV4.0() ; tarsus, 2. 2.5-2.30 ; middle toe, 1.35-1.40. 



This species, generally known to s])ortsnieii as the Jack Curlew or Short-billed 

 Curlew, and to ornithologists as the Hudsoniau Curlew, is very generally distributed 

 throughout Xorth America, being found both on the Pacific and the Atlantic coast, 



