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cult to approach; yet the same bird, shot at three or four 
different times, and recovering when about to be picked up, 
still, notwithstanding this persecution, continued to feed again 
in the same spot. These birds, though so exquisite in flavor, 
in the autumn, when as abundant as usual, are sold in Boston 
market for about twenty to twenty-five cents each. As early 
as the 1 8th of July I have met with individuals of this species, 
one of which on dissection proved to be an old and barren 
male who in all probability had remained behind the flock in 
the same vicinity where he had arrived in the spring, having 
no incentive to migration. Whether other specimens, killed 
at this season before the return of the general flock, are influ- 
enced by the same cause to linger behind or wander from the 
rest, I am unable to say. 
The Jack Curlew is well known to gunners along the Atlantic 
coast, where it occurs during both migrations. The flocks do not 
cross the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but follow the southern shore till 
well inland, when they fly north to Hudson Bay and the Barren 
Lands, near the Arctic Ocean, where they breed. 
A few stragglers from the main flocks have been taken in Lab- 
rador and Greenland, and a few wander inland through Ohio and 
the Eastern States. 
ESKIMO CURLEW. 
SHORT-BILLED CURLEW. DOUGHBIRD. 
Numenius borealis. 
Char Upper parts blackish brown, spotted with buff; crown streaked, 
but without distinct median line j under parts light buff j neck, breast, and 
sides streaked or spotted with dusky. Length about 14 inches. 
Much like hudsonicus, but easily distinguished, borealis being of smaller 
size, with a shorter bill, and lacking the light-colored streak across the 
crown. 
Nest. Amid the rocks of dry ridges, adjacent to lakes and ponds; a 
slight depression, lined with grass and leaves. 
Eggs. 3-4: olive, with a tinge of green or brown predominating, 
marked with several shades of brown ; 2.05 X 1.45- 
The Small Curlew in the course of its vast migrations occa- 
sionally visits almost every part of the American continent, 
