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•U.KCncIAI. (il(.\l,I,AT()|{KS — I.IMIC(1|,.K. 



tlu! fjnniud, and witi' iisiiall} iin'ic (lc[in!SsL(iiis lined witli ;i, lew witlicicd Icavrs. Tlit) 

 t'Kj^H, lour in nuniliiT, weru lounil Ix'twrcn tlic I'dtli ul'.hini'iind tln' l(»tli<)t't)uly. Tlii'so 

 ni'sts wiTc found in aliont 7U north liilitndf, hut wciv conqnirativcly rare; tht-y wciv 

 nsnallv phu'cd near small lakes or streams: this, however, was not always the ease. 



ICy.'-JM "' this species in the Suiithsoiuan Institution, I'roui Mv. MaeFurUino (No. 

 ",tH.'.*<). liave a Ltround-i'olor ot a ereauiy drah. The inarkinj,'s are irrei,'nlar spots oT a 

 dark ninlier tint, with lari,'er si)ottin,^'s (d' a slaty hrown around the j,'reater end. 

 These nieiisure. one. L'.IO liy I.."*? ineiies; the other. l,'.;i.S hy l.nW inches. Another 

 •set (No. I U<M ) iiave a sindiar ground, hut the marking's are larger, h'ss nuniemus, 

 and id' a |)aler shade id' brown; these measure 2.L'1 hy 1.(m iiudies. 



Numenius borealis. 



THE ESKIMO CURLEW. 



Scnloimj' linmi/h, KiilisT. I'lill. Tiiiiis. I„\il. 1771.', Ill, 4;il (Albany I"i>it). 



Nitmeniiiit huri-nli.i, Lath. Iml. (Mn. II. 171mi, 71i.'. — Sw. & linn. F. li. A. II. 1S31, 37S, jil, i!,V 



- Nrrr. .Mun, 11. ls:J4, lul. — Ain. Oni. Ilio.i;. III. 183.^., (I'.i ; V. 18y!>, :,W>, jil. idS ; Syii..|.. 



183ii, -irKi; II. Ai]i. VI. 1843, 45, iil. !1.17. — ('As.s. in WnUA'^ II. N. Am. IS.IS, 744. — BAUii., 



Ciit. N. Am. It. lsr.li, nil. :,J1. — Turivs Kr_v, 1S72, I'li'J ; Clirck List, 187:1, no. 443; lM id. 



18S-A nil. (ilii; liinls N. \V. 1874, 510. — liininv. Num. N. Am. 11. 1881, no. 000. 

 ^'uMfniuH hirrirontrin, Lirni. \'irz. l»onlil. 1823, 75. 

 Xiuiiiiiins micror/iiiiiiliiis, 1'mii.. vt Lamhi. 'Wii'i^m. Anliiv, iMiii, 12t» (Chili). 



Hah. Kii.stcrn I'roviiuc of Nnrtli .Vnii'rica ; Invidinj,' in Arctic districts, where {'xtftidiiij,' I'loni 

 till' Pryliilnl' Islanil.s (not lirccdinj,') tn (irccidaml ; nii,L;riiliii^' snutli to tlic cvtrcinity nt ,'-!iiinli 

 America (l^'alklimd I.diind.'*, Patii,i;iiiiiM. Chili, luid S. i!rii/il); no West Imlian record, hut nulcil 

 fnau Bcrnuida and Trinidad (LtifiTAun). Occiisional in Knrii]K'. Nut recorded I'roni We.stirn 

 North America. 



.Sp. CiiAU. Adidt: Crown dusky, streaki'd with Imir, hut without distinct mesial .stripe; a 

 (hisky stripe of nj,'i,'re^'ate(l streaks on side of head, from hill to and heldnd the eye ; rest of Inail. 

 neck, and entire lower parts light hull", the cheeks and neck streakeih the hreiLst, side.s, Hunks, ami 



cri.^sum with V-shaped markiiifjs of dusky brown; axillavs and hinn;^ of the winy jiale cinnamon, 

 the former narrowly Laned with dusky. Upper parts spotted dusky and hiifl", tlie winf,'-coverts 

 more grayish brown, with dusky shaft-streaks ; primaries, includinj,' their inner webs, phun brown- 

 ish (hisky. Hump aiul upper tail-coverts spotted dusky and hfjht buff. Tail brownish gray, barred 

 witli dusky. 



Wing, 8.()0-S..5O inches; culmen, 2.-2i}-2.r)0; tarsus, 1.70-1.80; middle too, 1.00. 



In plumage, this little Curlew closely resembles X. Hmhnnicm, but has the iinier wehs of the 

 primaries fnieh' and confu.sedly mottled, instead of being marked with very distinct and regul.ir 

 ochrnceous spots ; the breast with transverse V-shaped markings instead of linear, longitudinal 

 streaks, while there are other differences, besides the important one of size, which readily dis- 

 tinguish them. 



