BIRDS OF HULL. 15 
about, the chatter and noise which they make 
as they jfly off when approached, and nine times 
out of ten they see the sportsman before he 
sees them, and so rise unexpectedly, causes one 
to think that the birds are egotistical enough to 
imagine that they are the only game about, 
and that they are the sole object of the sports- 
mans desires. 
ESKIMO CURLEW. 
NUMBNIUS BORBAUS. 
My friend, Mr. N. reports having seen 
three near Strawberry Hill. 
LONG-BILLED CURLEW. 
NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. 
Have been seen here, rarely,during the mi- 
grations. 
