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  1895. 
  No. 
  266 
  

  

  BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  34 
  1 
  

  

  Numenius 
  borealis 
  (Forster) 
  

  

  Eskimo 
  Curlew 
  

  

  Plate 
  3 
  7 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  borealis 
  Forster. 
  Phil. 
  Trans. 
  

   Numenius 
  borealis 
  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  A. 
  O.'U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  

  

  bored' 
  lis, 
  Lat., 
  northern 
  

  

  Description. 
  Much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  curlews; 
  bill 
  slender, 
  

   slightly 
  curved. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  Hudsonian 
  curlew 
  in 
  color, 
  but 
  with 
  no 
  

   sharp 
  central 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  which 
  is 
  mottled 
  with 
  buffy; 
  the 
  primaries 
  

   without 
  bars; 
  breast 
  markings 
  V-shaped. 
  

  

  Length 
  12-15 
  inches; 
  extent 
  28; 
  wing 
  8-8.75; 
  tail 
  3; 
  tarsus 
  1.7 
  -1.85; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  i 
  ; 
  bill 
  2-2.5. 
  

  

  The 
  Eskimo 
  curlew, 
  Dough 
  -bird, 
  or 
  Fute, 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  regular 
  fall 
  

   migrant 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  perhaps 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  nesting 
  in 
  the 
  

   arctic 
  regions, 
  and 
  wintering 
  in 
  South 
  America 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Patagonia. 
  It 
  was 
  

   formerly 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  Labrador 
  coast 
  in 
  autumn, 
  and 
  frequently 
  made 
  

   the 
  journey 
  to 
  South 
  America 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  unless 
  driven 
  to 
  

   land 
  by 
  storms. 
  The 
  spring 
  migration 
  was 
  through 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  valley 
  

   where 
  it 
  abounded 
  duiing 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May. 
  Many 
  like 
  Professor 
  Cooke 
  

   believe 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  now 
  practically 
  extinct. 
  If 
  so 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  

   this 
  unfortunate 
  fate 
  has 
  overtaken 
  it 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  bunching 
  

   so 
  closely 
  during 
  its 
  migrations, 
  that 
  gunners, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  unfavorable 
  weather 
  

   conditions, 
  had 
  exceptional 
  opportunities 
  to 
  effect 
  its 
  destruction. 
  It 
  is 
  

   more 
  often 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  dry 
  upland 
  fields 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  curlews, 
  and 
  

   associates 
  with 
  the 
  Golden 
  plover 
  and 
  Upland 
  plover, 
  feeding 
  on 
  grass- 
  

   hoppers 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  crow- 
  

   berry 
  which 
  gi-Qws 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  Labrador, 
  and 
  becomes 
  fat 
  and 
  well- 
  

   flavored. 
  Dr 
  T. 
  B. 
  Heimstreet 
  of 
  Troy, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  writes 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  associate 
  with 
  the 
  Golden 
  plover 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  of 
  August 
  

   and 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  weeks 
  of 
  September, 
  on 
  the 
  fields 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  

   of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  and 
  are 
  eagerly 
  

  

  