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upper part of the throat, which is greyish-white ; upper parts in 
general blackish -brown, marked with numerous spots of brownish- 
white, there being several along the margins of each feather ; wings 
and rump somewhat lighter ; upper tail-coverts and tail barred with 
dark brown and olivaceous grey ; primaries and their coverts blackisli- 
brown, all with transverse yellowish- grey markings on the inner web, 
the shaft of the first quill white, of the rest brown ; breast and abdo- 
men greyish-white, the sides tinged with cream-colour and barred 
with greyish-brown. 
IMLclIBj 18, 33. 
Passes from Texas northward, returning in autumn. Abundant in 
the middle districts at both periods. Breeds at Hudson's Bay, and 
farther north. 
Esquimaux Curlew, Scolopax borealis, WiLs. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 92. 
Numenius hudsonicus, Bonap. Syn. p. 314. 
Numenius hudsonicus, Hudsonian Curlew, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 377. 
Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus, Nctt. Man. v. ii. p. 97. 
Hudsonian Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus, Aud. Om. Biog. v. iii, p. 283; v. v. 
p. 589. 
359. 3. Numenius borealis, Lath, Esquimaux Curlew. 
Plate CCVIII. Male and Female. 
Bill half as long again as the head, slender, brownish-black, the 
lower mandible flesh-coloured at the base; upper part of head brownish- 
black, streaked with pale yellowish-brown, and having an indistinct 
central and two lateral lines of whitish ; upper parts brownish-black, 
marked with numerous spots of light brownish-yellow, there being- 
several along the margin of each feather ; wing-coverts and seconda- 
ries of a lighter tint, similarly spotted ; alula, primary quills, and 
coverts, dark brown, the shaft of the first quill white, of the rest 
brown ; inner webs not barred as in N. Hudsonicus ; tail barred with 
light greyish-brown and dark brown ; sides of head and neck all round 
pale yellowish-grey, striped with dark brown ; breast and sides greyish- 
yellow, with longitudinal and transverse dark markings ; lower wing- 
coverts and tail-coverts similarly barred, axillars of a rufous buflPy tint, 
regularly banded. 
Male, 144, 271- 
Passes in spring from Texas along the coast eastward to the Fur 
Countries, returning in autumn. Abundant at times in the Middle 
Atlantic Districts. Rarely seen in the interior. Breeds in the northern 
barren grounds. 
Numenius borealis, Bonap. Syn. p. 3l4. 
Numenius borealis, Esquimaux Curlew, SIvains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. 
p. 378. 
Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius borealis, Ndtt. Man. v. ii. p. 101. 
Esquimaux Curlew, Numei^ius borealis, Ann. Om. Biog. v. iii. p. 69 ; v. v. p. 590. 
