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Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris, 
(Wils.) A rare spring and autumn migrant. 
On the 27th of August, 1883, 1 saw two of these 
birds on the “Quivet Marsh” at Brewster, but j 
was unable to get within shooting distance of 
them. Several seasons ago an uncle of mine 
while on a marsh at Harwich in early autumn, 
saw three of these birds fly over the marsh and 
easily distinguished them by length and curve 
of their bills. This is the latest record I have 
of their occurrence. About thirty years ago it 
was very common in fall migrations and was 
not uncommon as late as twelve years ago. It 
is the largest as well as the most wary of the 
shore birds that visit the Cape. It cannot be 
mistaken for any of the other species on ac- 
count of its greater size and length of bill. Its 
bill, which is from four to eight inches long 
and considerably curved towards the end, has 
given to it the name of “Sickle-bill,” by which 
it is best known on the Atlantic coast. I have 
one in my cabinet whose bill is nearly eight 
inches in length and this was the greatest 
length of any in a series of sixty specimens 
taken in Florida. Its habits and food are simi- 
lar to the species next to be mentioned. 
O.&O. XIII. Oct. 1888 p. 153 
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