ORDER LIMICOLiE. 159 



205. Numenius hudLonicus Lath. 



Iludsuniuu Cur»«^w. 



Numenius hudsonicus Lavh. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



[B 550, C 442, R 559> ^ 645.] 



Hab. All of North and South America, iricluding the West Indies ; 

 breeds in the high north, and winters chiefly south of the United 

 States. 



26G. Numenius borealis (Forst.). 



Kskinio Curlew. 



Scolopax borealis Forst. Phil. Trans. LXII. 1772, 411, 431. 

 Numenius borealis Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 712. 



[B 551, C 443, R 560, C 646.] 



Hab. Eastern Province of North America, breeding in the Arctic 

 regions, and migrating south to the southern extremity of South 

 America. 



[267.] Numenius phaeopus (Linn.). 



W'hiinbrel. 



Scolopax phccopus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 146. 

 N'umenijfs phceopus Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 711. 



[B— C— , R561, C644.] 



Hab. Northern parts of the Old World ; occasional in Greenland. 



[268.] Numenius tahitiensis (Gmel.). 



Bristie-thighed Curlew. 



Scolopcx tahitiensis Gmel. S. N. L ii. 1788, 656. 

 N'umenius tahitiensis RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 

 201. 



[B — , C 442 bis, R 562, C 647.] 



Hab. Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Occasional on the coast of 

 Alaska. 



