72 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.) 



HVSSOITIAN CUBLEW. 



Popular synonyms. Jack Curlew; Short-billed Curlew. 



ScolopoU borealis Wilb. Am. Orn. vivlSlS, 22, pi. 56, fig. 1 (nee Pobstbb 1772). 

 Numenius borealis Obd, ed. Wilson, 1825.— Bbewbb, ed. WniSON, 1840, 473 (exoL syn.). 



Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 712.— Sw. & ErOH. P. B.-A. ii, 1831,377.— 

 NUTT. Man. 11,1834, 97.— AUD. Orn. Biog.m, 1835,283; V, 1839,589, pi. 237; Synop. 1839, 

 554; B. Am. vi, 1843, 42, pi. 366.— Cass, in Balrd's B. N. A. 1858, 744.— Baibd, Cat. N. Am. 

 B. 1859, No. 550.— COTJES, Key, 1872, 262; Check List, 1S?3, No. 442; 2d ed. 1882,' No. 645; 

 BirdsN.W. 1874, 509.-BlDaw. Norn. N.Am. B. 1881, No. 559; Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 

 171.— B. B. & E. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 315.— A. O. U. Check List, 1886, No. 265. 



Numenius iniermedius Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 100. 



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 Hab. The whole ol America, including the West Indies ; breeds in the high north, and 

 winters chiefly south of the United States. Greenland. 



Sp. Chab. Adult. Crown dark sooty brown, divided longitudinally by a mesial stripe 

 of buff; a narrow dusky stripe on side of head, from bill to anterior angle of the eye, con- 

 tinued back beneath the eye and along upper edge of auriculars, separated from the dusky 

 of the crown by a wide, well-defined superciliary stripe of light buff, the chin, throat, and 

 abdomen immaculate; other portions, including cheeks, entire neck, jugulum, and breast 

 marked with linear streaks of dark brown ; axillars pinkish buff or dilute cinnamon, barred 

 with dark brown. Upper parts spotted with dark sooty brown and light buff, the latter pre- 

 vailing on the wing-coverts, the former on the back; rump and upper tail-coverts similarly 

 spotted; primaries dHisky, the inner aiiiUs spotted with buff. 



This species is much rarer than the Long-billed Curlew, and 

 never remains within the Sta^^^ during the breeding season. We 

 are unfortunately unable to present any information of partic- 

 ular interest respecting its habits. 



Numenius borealis (Forsfc.) 



ESKIMO CUBLEW. 



Popular synonyms. Little Curlew; Dough-bird; Futes (Long Island). 

 Scdlopax borealis Pobst. Phil. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 411, 431 (Albany Fort). 

 Numenius borealik LIth. Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 712.— Sw. & EicH. F. B.-A. ii, 1831, 378, pl. 

 65.— Nutt. Man. ii, 1834, 101.— AuD. Orn. Biog.iii, 1835, 69; v, 1839, 590, pl. 208; Synop. 

 1839, 255;B. Am. vi, 1843, 45, pl. 357.— Cass. inBaird'sB. N. Am. 1858, 714.— Baied, 

 Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 551.— CotrES, Key, 1872,262; Cheek List, 1873, No. 443; 2d 

 ed. 1882, No. 646; B. N. W. 1874, 510.— EiDOw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 560; Man. 

 N. Am. B. 1887, 171.-B. B. & E. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 318.-A. O. U. Check List, 1880, 

 No. 266. 

 Hab. Eastern Provinje of North America; breeding in AreUo districts, where extend- 

 ing from the P^ybilof Islands (not breeding) to Greenland: migrating south to extremity of 

 South America (Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and Chili); no West Indian record, 

 but noted from Bermuda and Trinidad (Leotaud). Occasional in Europe. Not recorded 

 from western North America. 



Sp. Chab. A duU. Crown dusky, streaked with buff, but without distinct mesial stripe ; 

 a dusky stripe of aggregated streaks on side of head, from bill to and behind the eye; rest 

 of head, neck, and entire lower parts light buff, the cheeks and neck streaked, the breast 



