S-i FAUXA OF XEW EXGL.IXD. 



LIMICOLAE. 



SCOLOPACID-IE. 



160. XI:3^E^"IUS .^^iepjcaxtts BeeksTein. 



Long-billed curlew; Great curlew; Hen curlew; Sickle-bill. 



BeeksT., Kurze uebers. vogel Lathams, 1S12, vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 432. 

 '"New Yoek & Hudsox Bat."" 



^umenius longirostris Wils. Audubon^ Birds of Amer., 1S43, 

 vol. 6, p. 35, pi. 355. 



Marshes and grassy flats; nests on the ground. 



]Me. — Very rare migrant. May 2; Aug. 



X. H. — Formerly rare, now accidental migrant. Aug. 12-25. 

 M^s.s. — Xow an accidental migrant. July 20-Oct. 18. 

 R. I. — Xow an accidental migrant; last record -Jamestown, 

 Sept. 9, 1897. July 1.5-Sept. 9. 



Coxx. — Formerly uncommon, now accidental migrant. Aug. 3. 



161. Xr^iExrcs HUDSONicus Latham. 



Hudsonian curlew; Blue-legs yoimg): Foolish curlew young); 

 Jack curlew; Short-billed curlew. 



Lath., Index omith., 1790, vol. 2, p. 712. ''ix .sixr: HuDSOX^s." 

 Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 42, pi. 356. 

 Beaches and marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Rare migrant. May 20; July 19-late Sept. fOct. 12, 

 1898, Dover). 



X. H. — Rare migrant. Aug. 6-Sept. 2. 



Mys.s. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. April 10- 

 May 30 (June 8); (June 23) July 6-Oct. 1. 



R. I. — Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. April 27-]May ; 

 July 2-Sept. 25. 



Coxx. — Rare migrant, mainly in fall. July 20- Aug. 27. 



162. XrrMExrrs boeealis (Forster) Latham. 



Eskimo curlew; Dough-bird; Fute. 



Swainson and Richardson, Fauna BoreaU-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, 

 p. 37S, pi. 65. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 133, pi. 45, fig. 3. 



