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153. Numenius borealis. Eskimo Curlew. 



The migrations of this bird are usually accomplished well 

 off the coast but heavy easterly storms occasionally drive indi- 

 viduals or small flocks ashore, when they may resort to the 

 uplands or the dryer parts of the salt-meadows to feed. In 

 earlier days, and then at very long intervals, ''flights" of many 

 thousands have been seen on Long Island. Such are merely 

 historical incidents, never to be repeated. During twelve years 

 Snipe-shooting Mr. N. T. Lawrence met with it but four times, 

 one, Sept. 12, 1875, one Sept. 10, 1876, and two, Sept. 26, 1884. 

 (Auk, ii, 1885, p. 273). The records of one shot at Rockaway, 

 Sept. 14, 1902, and one near Zach's Inlet, Aug. 29, 1903 

 (Braislin, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 289) were erroneous, the birds 

 proving on further examination to be young of N. hudsonicus. 

 The local name is " Fute " or " Dough Bird." 



154. Vanellus vanellus. Lapwing. 



Accidental straggler from Europe. A single specimen was 

 taken at Merrick, Dec. 18, 1884 (Dutcher, Auk, iii, 1886, p. 

 438). Another was shot late in the fall of 1905 at Watermill 

 (Beebe, Auk, xxiii, 1906, p. 221). 



155. Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. 



Common transient visitant. May 19 ( Amity ville) to June 17 

 (Rockaway); Aug. 5 (Shinnecock) to Nov. 4 (Amity ville). It 

 is rarely seen in July, but the writer has an immature bird taken 

 at Freeport, July 11, 1901,' and adults were reported July 1, 1903, 

 and July 6, 1904, at Quogue (Kobbe, Auk, xxi, p. 79, and xxii, 

 p. 211). 



156. Charadrius dominicus. Golden Plover. 



Fairly common transient visitant. August 29 (Quogue and 

 Rockaway) to Oct. 30 (Rockaway). The young of this species 

 and the Black-belhed Plover, both called "Frost Birds" on Long 

 Island formerly occurred in great abundance after the first north- 

 east storm of early September. A local name is ''Greenback." 



