510 NUMENIUS BOEEALIS, ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 



Hayx., Guide, 1870, 142 (Massachusetts, migratory, rare).— FixsCH, Alib. Nat. 

 iii, l-'TO, 3a3 (Mazatlau).— Newt., P. Z. S. U'l, 57, pi. 4, fig. 3 ((.■{;};)•— Allex, 

 Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 356 (Florida, winter).— CouES, Key, 187-2, 2t)2.— S.xow, 

 B. Kans. 1873, 10.— Scl. & Saiv., P. Z. S. 1873, 456.— EiDGW., AuD. Lye. N. Y. 

 X, 1874, 3-5 (Illinois). 



Xumeniiis intermedius, NcTT., Man. ii, 1834, 100. 



Numenius rufiventris, VlG., Zool. Journ. iv, 1829, 356 ; Voy. Bloss. 1839, 28. 



Xuniaiius pha'opus. Cab., Scbomb. Guiana, iii, 757. — Pelz., Oru. Bras. :')08. 



yuTiienius brasiliensis, Maxim, et Bcem. (Sclater.) 



Hah. — North America. Greenland. Central and South America. No West Indian 



record. Breeds in high latitudes. Migratory through the United btates, wintering in 



the Southern States and far beyond. 

 Not obtained by any of the Expeditions. 



The Hiidsonian appear.s to be much less abundant everywhere in the 

 United States than either of the others, although generally distributed, 

 and moving over much the same area as the Esquimax Curlew. I found 

 it sparingly in Labrador, amid the countless thousands of N. borealis 

 that throng those shores in August and September. According to all 

 observers it is rare in New England, but more common on the New Jer- 

 sey coast. It is included among the birds of Kansas, on Prof. Baird's 

 authority. The extent of its southern dispersion in winter is as great 

 as that of N. borealis, and, like the latter, it breeds only in high lati- 

 tudes. I am not at all familiar with its habits, concerning which veiy 

 little has been recorded. 



The eggs are always larger than those of K. iorealis, but cannot be 

 otherwise distinguished with certainty, for both show the great range 

 of variation indicated in my description of the latter. The size is from 

 2.12 to 2.30 iu length, by about 1.60 in width. 



NUMEXIDS BOREALIS, (Forst.) Lath. 

 Esctuimanx Curlew, 



Scolopax iorealis, Fokst., Philos. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 41 1 (not of Wilson). 

 Xumenius iorealis, Lath., Ind. Ora. ii, 1790, 712.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 314.— Bp., Am. Om. iv, 

 lis, pi. 26, fig. 3.— Bp., List,- 1838, 49.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, .378, pi. 

 6.5.— NuTT., ii, 1834, 101.— Add., Orn. Biog.iii, 1835, 69; v, 1839, 590; pi. 208.— 

 AuD., Sjn. 1839, 255.— Auc, B. Am. vi, 1843, 45, pi. 357.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 

 274. — PuTN., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 218 (Massachusetts, migratory, rare).— Bd., 

 B. N. A. 1858, 744.— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1861, 236 (Labrador, migratorj-, 

 abundant). — Hayd., Rep. 1862, 175 (Upper Missouri, not uncommon). — Veiih., 

 Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 159.— Boahdji., Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 129 (Calais, Me., rare, 

 migratory). — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 67 (Massachusetts, rare, spring and 

 fall ; " occasional in uinter "(i ?). — Relnh., Ibis, iii, 1861, 10 (Greenland).— Salw, 

 aid. 356 (Central America).— Dress., iUd. 1866, 40 (Texas).— ScL., P. Z. S. 1867, 

 333 (Chili).— Lawk., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1868, 294.— Codes, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 

 1868, 296 (New England, migratory, not common). — Codes, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 

 1868, 123 (Sonth Carolina, winter (?).—Tdrnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 33 (Jlay and 

 September, rarher rare).— Call & Baxx., Tr. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 293 (Alaska).— 

 Mayx., Guide, 1870, 142 (Massachusetts, migratory, not uncommon). — Newt., 

 P. Z. S., 1871, 56, pi. 4, fig. 1 (egg).— Allex, Bull. M. C. Z. 1871, 356 (Florida, 

 winter (?).—Allex, ihid. iii, 1872, 182 (Kansas, in June).— Codes, Key, l!^72, 

 2iJ2.— Sxow, B. Kans. 1873, 10.— ScL. & S.iLV., P. Z. S. 1873, 456.— Ridgw., Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. X, 1874, 385 (Illinois).— Dres.s., B. Eur. pt. xvi, 1873 (Europe). 

 Numeniits brevirostris. Light., Verz., 1823, 75.— Darw., Voy. Beagle, iii, 129 (Buenos 



Ayres).— Pelz., Orn. Bras. 308 (Brazil). 

 yiimetiius microrhyncltus, Phil. & Laxdb., Wieg. Arch. 1866, 129 (Chili); Cat. 35. 



Hab.—'Sorth and Middle America. Not recorded west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Alaska. Breeds within the Artie circle. Migratory through the United States, where 

 rarely if ever observed to winter, never to breed. Extraordinarily abundant in Lab- 

 rador in Angust. Winters in Middle and South America. No West Indian record. 

 Accidental iu Europe (Great Britain, four instances. Hart., Man. Br. Birds, 1872, 145). 

 Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4881, 5572, Upper Missouri River. 

 Not obtained by Captain Raynolds' Expedition, nor by the later ones. 



The Esquimaux Curlew migrates through the Missouri region, in 



