508 NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS, LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 



NUMENIU8 LONGlllOSTlMS, Wil8. 



long-blllcd (Jurlew. 



ScolojMx arquata var, /?, Gm., SyKt. Nat. i, 178H, CM. 



Numenius arquata var. B, Lath., Ind. Oin. ii, 171K), 710. 



Numeniu« loiiiiironlrin, "Wilh., Am. Oni. viii, )H14, 24, jil. 64, f. 4.— liP., Olw. Wilg. )8','r), 

 No. iud; Hyii. 1H28, 314; List, 18W, 49.— Sw. & Kicii., K. 1!. A. ii, ]«!!, 376.— 

 i\i:tt,, Man. ii, lKi4, 94.— Ai;d., Oni. Jiioj;. iii, IWl.'i, Si40 ; v, IHIi!), r.H7 ; ))1. y;;i ; 

 Hju. 1K!'J, -SA; 15. Am. vi, l84:i, I!.'), jil, :',:,:,. —Om., U. L. I. 1844, -271.— Wooijii., 

 .SitKf. ]{Bp. 18.r,;i, 08.— PuTN., I'r. Khh. Inst, i, V.-,(i, 21-^,— .N'lowji., 1'. R. R. Itcii. 

 vi, l'-.'i7, 99 (Ciiliforniii).- Hioni!M., i/jiV;. x, ]8.'!», pf. vi, 66 (Calil'oiiiiii).— IJD,, 

 B. N, A. 1858, ~V,.—lj,\ii}, I'r. i.'oy. Any. Inst, iv, V2r,.—(Ui(ii: & S(K;ii., N. H. 

 Wash. Tcr. 1866, i;4.").— (Jock.s, Pr. Pljiia. Acad, 1861, 2;i5.— ISdahi.m., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. 186-^ i.\-, 129(Maine, n:iif;i;il.ory).— ViciiU., Pr. Ksh. Inst, ili, 18(i2, l.')9.— Ai.i.kn, 

 iftirf. iv, I8(i.l, H'.—Mc.li.wit., ibid, v, 18i;(;, iC! ((Jarjuda Wost, ran;).— (JoiiK.s, ibid. 

 V, lWi8, 2't(; (New I'.iigland).— 'I'lMi'i'i;, ibid, ix, 1871, 119 ('Minnesota). —Coijkm, 

 Pr. Pl.ila. Acad. 18(ii;,98 CArizoiia),~(J«i:i;s, Pr. liost. Soc. xii, 1868, W:.; (Koiitli 

 Carolina;.— IIoY, Sirjitli.H. Rep. 1864, 438 (MisKouri).— C'Aii., .1. C. (). iv, 349 

 ((Jiiha).— ScL., 1-". Z.S. 18(;4, 78 (Mexico). —DliJcs.s, Ibis, 1866,4(1 (Mafanioras).— 

 i^M.v., Ibis, 1866, 197 (Guatemala).— La WJ!., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866,294,— 

 Trii.Ni!., Ii. E. Pa. 1869, :',;>.— AUA'.^, Mem. Best, i, 1868, nOl (Iowa).— .M,*Y.\,, 

 Guide, 1870, 142.-Al;j:.\-, Bull. M. C, Z. ii, 1871, ;i.-,6 (Florida); iii, 1872, iw;^ 

 (Kauhah). — (J<n:i-;s, Pr. PLi!a. Acad. 1871, :"i(.N'oi til Carolina, reHid(;nt),— Mi;i:li., 

 U. ,S, Ocol. Surv. 1872, 701 (Utah).— Titii'J'J-;, Pr, Bost, Soc. xv, 1872, 241 (Iowa, 

 breeding).— FlN.scil, Abb. Nat. iii, 1870, 36:! filazatlai]).— (Jol;K.■^, Key, 1872, 

 262, fig. 174.— S.vow, Ji. Kans., 1873, 10.— KiUGW., Ann. Lye. NV V. x, 1874, 38.-) 

 (Illinois). 



J^tuntviun riifiiH, ViKlLL., Galerie Ois. ii, 1825, 118, pi. 245 (in part). 



NumeniuH occidaiialiH, Woowi., I'r. I'bila. Aead. vi, 18.52, 194 ; fSitgr. Rep. ]':;.53, 98, pi, 6 

 (Yonui;; ADiuquerque, New Mexico). 



(?) XiimniHiiH mdanojiun, ViKJLL. 



.,?) j\. hraMieiiHiH, M,\xi.m. (Brazil.) (Cray.) 



JIuh. — IJnited 8tates and British Provinces, Breed.s nearly thronghont its range, 

 and resident in the .South, South to .Mexico, Guatemala (J to Brazil). Cuba, 

 Not oVjtained by Captain Kaynolds' Lxtjcdition. 

 Later IC'j-pi'dAliiiiiH. — .59871, Colorado; 61649, Utah. 



The (Juilew issues from the egg clothed in whifi.sh down, thickly liloteljcd above 

 •with brownish-blaek, and with the bill straight, about an inch long. This member 

 rapidly grows to a lengtli of three or four inches, and becomes decurved. Up to the 

 time when the bill is still no longer than that of'.V. ImdHonicuH, if, may readily be distin- 

 guished from that species by the strong rufescence of the under )iarts, nearly clear of 

 the ha.state or sagittate dark markings which occur in A'. hudHDniciin ; by its rather 

 larger size, even at an early age, and the usual evidences of iuiuiaturity in the texture 

 of the plumage. .V. orxidentaJii of Woodhouse is a bird apparently of this sort. 



Unlike our other two Hpecif.-.s of Curlew, tlie Lonff-billed is perfectly 

 at lionie in most parts of the United Stat(.-.s, rearing its .young even 

 down to our southern border. Its northern range is re.stii(;ted, appar- 

 ently, Ijy the rcj^ion of the Saskatchewan, as intimated by Richardson, 

 and the length of the British I'roviiices adjoining the United StHtes. I 

 wa.s, however, a.ssured of its occurrence in Jjubrador, though I did not 

 see it myself. In New England it appears to be rather uncommon, ac- 

 cording to all accounts, and I have found no record of its nesting in that 

 quarter. I found it resident on the North Carolina coast, when; it un- 

 doubtedly breeds. I found it breeding with Godwits and liartramian 

 Tattlers on the [irairies of .Minne.sota and Eastern i>akota, and likewise 

 observed it in June, apparently breeding, in New .Mexico, near Fort Win- 

 gate, just west of the liio Grande. I procured it at Fort Wliij)ple to- 

 ward the close of sumnjer. Dr. Woodhouse saw large flocks on the 

 prairies of Texas and the Indian Territory. According to the authors 

 above quoted, it breeds in Kansas and Iowa, as well as about Great Bait 

 Lake, in Utah. 



It is by no means confined to the vicinity of the water, but, ou the 



