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PU.ECOCIAL flllALLATOHKS — LIMIPOL.K. 



ami riiiiii Cfiitral Aiin'rica, wlicn- it passes the wiiitt-r iiKuitlis. tn tlic Arctii' Ocean, mi 

 tlie litirders of wliicli il lireeds. In Alaska Mr. iiannister saw it on the Island nl ,"<(. 

 Mieliatd's. where. ImweviT. it was nut v.tv ""innidn. It was iditained at Sitka li\ .Mr. 

 l>is(dintT; and .Mr. Dal! states tliat il wa,> not. rare at tiie inoutli of llie \'nkiin K'ivi i. 

 wiu're its favorite attitiaii' seemed to He sittinj,' on a lii,!,di stump or piece of drill- 

 wood, or even an alder-l)nsli when this Aas kir^'e enon^j;ii. witii one (tf its le^js di.iwn 

 up. Mr. licrnard Ifoss met with thi. Cnrh'W in the neitrhhorhood of (Jreat Sla\i 

 liake. i'rofessor Keiniiarilt iiadmh". it amonj^ tiie iiirds of (Ireeidand on the stienulli 

 of a sin.i,de spi'cimen — a. femah- — ^eiit from (lodtliaah liy llollioll. The latter uhh- 

 tions liavin,',' obtained il twice — at .Inlianeliaal) and Fiskernaes — and also cnic 

 specinnai from .lakolishavii. It oecnrs as a mi;.,'ratory visitant in the I'all in jiernnida. 

 where it ari'ives early in .\iii,'nst. Init is so shy of approaidi that i)ne can hanlly 

 ever },'et within t,Minshot of it. It is J'oinid only in Au^nisi, and September. l>r. 

 Kjaerliiillinj,' mentions (•• Nauniniinia." \'l. .'iOS) that he received a s]iecinM'n (d this 

 Curlew from le»daud. Mr. I{. J'l'owne speaks of havin;,' seen it on Vanconver Island. 

 Dr. Cooper noticed hut few of this species on the soutlieiai coast of Califorida. ami 

 tliese only in the spring, sonw remainint; in Hocks at Santa liarhara as late as .May 

 I'O, and a few f,'o as far sontli as San |)iej,'o. Thoiio;h not known to breed sontli of 

 Ihidson's l)ay. Dr. (^)oper thinks i hat some may nest aniojij,' the mountain laki-s nl 

 (!alifornia. He ailds that, like the lion.LC-liilled Curlew, they fly with sonu' approach 

 to a re}j;ular order, generally i'l the I'orm of a \, and in company with most of the 

 other shore-birds, cindiiis;; high in the air A\ith hmd cries when the falling tide begins 

 to lay their feeding-grounds bare. They are also common on the Pacific const as far 

 .south as (Juatemala, and JNIr. Salvin found them very abundant about the lagoojis lif 

 Chia|>ani. 



Mr. Moore mentions tliat on the 22d of .Mar(di. 1872, a single si)eeiiuen of liiis 

 Curlew M'as brought to him which had been killed on the shore of Sarasota Uay. 

 where it was feeding in the water in comjiany with Alarlded Codwits, Itcd-brcastcd 

 Snipes, and AVillets, as well as with a few others of its own species. It was the oidy 

 bird of its kind ever seen by him in the flesh in Florichi. 



It is not mentioned by Dr. (iundlach as occurring in Cuba; hut L(''otaud states 

 that it is a regular visitant of Trinidad, and that, although known there as the llml- 

 sonian Curlew, it always seems to conn' from Soidh America. If this were not tin' 

 case, it would arrive in Novemhi r. whereas, in fact, it always makes its a|ipearanci' 

 on that island in August, as if avoiding the colder regions of South America ; it 

 departs in October. It is always found along the borders of the sea and in ovei- 

 Howed meadows, where it searches for worms in the nuiddy bottoms. Its Hesh is not 

 hehl in high esteem in Trinidad, and, as Leotaud think.s, with go<id n-a.son. 



]\[r. lUnrdman informs me that this species is found in the fall in the ueighborhond 

 of Calais, hut that it is never vei'v common in that neighborhood. In Massaehusetts 

 it is (|uite abundant every year in the fall, coming from the north in irregular, pro- 

 longed migrations, from th" 25th of August initil October. It is not known to occur 

 in the sjiring in that State, although it may pass through in a ])ndonged nocturnal 

 flight, since this bird is found on the shores of New Jersey and Tjong Island late in 

 the month of May. A single si)ecinu'n was jn'ocured hy me at the Isles of Shoals 

 on the loth of August, 1870. 



According to Girjiud, this Curlew arrives in May on Long Island, Avhere it fre- 

 quents the marshes and muddy flats, feeiling on worms and juinute shellfish, but nm 

 being so abinulant there as are the Long-billed Curlews, with which it sometimes 

 associates. It leaves and passes on to the north early in June, again making its 



