FAMILY XX. 
LIMICOLJE, Illiger. 
GENUS XLVni. — Latham. 
ffUiTKXlVS LOJfClJIlOSTltlS, WILS. LONG-BILLED CUBLEW- 
WILSON, PLATE LXIV. TIG. IV. 
Anioi'iraii spccios has been consiclored by the 
Naturalists of Europe to be a mere variety of their own, 
NNt'vithstandiu"' its difference of colonr, and superior 
‘^Jiffth of bill '’These differences not being- accidejital, 
Nf found in a few individuals, but common to all, and 
“ON® being found in America corresponding with that 
N' Europe, we do not hesitate to consider the present 
a distinct species peculiar to this country. 
Like the whoopine- crane, tins bird is an inhabitant of 
'?a«'shes in the vicinity of the sea. It is also found in 
e interior, where, from its long bill and loud whistling 
Nw, it is generally known. 
V fke curlews appear in the salt marshes ot ISew 
"Nfsey about the middle of May, on their w.ay to the 
Iv*' N"*! in September, on their return frorn their 
']®®*i'ng places. Their food consists chiefly of small 
abs, which they are very dexterous at probing for, 
Nfl pulling out of the holes with their long bills ; they 
feed on those small sea snails so ahuudant in the 
[•^''“f'es, and on various worms and insects. They are 
uwisp fond of brambleberrics, frequenting the lields 
NNd uplands in search of this fruit, on which they get 
fut, and are then tender and good eating, alto- 
bether f,.g^ which their 
•-‘sh is usually tainted while they feed in the salt 
■Narshes. 
The curlews fly high, generally in a wedge-like form, 
.NNiewhat resembling certain ducks, occasionally ntter- 
N? their loud whistling note, by a dexterous imitation 
