HUDSONIAN CURLEW. 
JACK CURLEW. 
Numenius hudsonicus. 
Char. Upper parts blackish brown mottled with buff, the latter pre- 
vailing on the wing-coverts ; wings dusky ; crown dusky brown, with 
median stripe of buff ; stripe of brown on side of head ; rest of head, neck, 
and under parts light buff ; breast spotted with brown. Length about 17 
inches. 
Nest. Usually near the margin of a lake or stream ; a slight depression, 
lined with grass or leaves. 
Ej^gs. 3-4 ; drab with a tint of green or buff, marked with several 
shades of brown , 2.25 X 1.60 
The Short- Billed Curlew, after passing the winter south of 
the United States, arrives in large flocks on the coast of New 
Jersey early in May, frequenting the salt-marshes, muddy 
ponds, shoals, and inlets, feeding at this time on small worms, 
land and marine insects, fry, minute shell-fish, and some- 
times the seeds of aquatic vegetables, which it usually col- 
lects at the recess of the tide in company with various other 
