The Eskimo Curlew has of late years been far from 
plentiful on Cape Cod. There was quite a flight of 
them and Golden Plover on the afternoon of the first 
Sunday in September. The boys had to resort to a 
vigorous singing of psalm tunes to keep from pop- 
ping at them. 
Liimico 1 ae in Bristol County. 
H. F. Dexter, Dartmouth, Maes. 
Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis. Rarely 
seen ; two instances have been recorded, Sep. 
ISth, 1881 (Dexter) and Sep. 21st, 1883 (Mil- 
ler). 
O.&O. XIl.Sej?t. 1887 p.148 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
P.W. Andros. 
Numenius borealis (Forst.), Eskimo Curlew. 
Migrant, rare. 
0,&0. XII. Sept. 1887 p.!39 
General Motes 
The Migration of Numenius borealis in Massachusetts in 1892. — 
Although there was at the right time considerable weather sufficiently 
severe to deflect and land Golden Plover ( Ckaradrius dominions ), either 
it was insufficient to cause a like result on such powerful fliers as Eskimo 
Curlews, or none were passing our coast at the time. I have consequently 
but a meagre record to present. At Nantucket on the afternoon and 
during the night of Aug. 26, it blew hard (at rate of 37 miles an hour) 
with rain. On the next day two birds were shot, two were seen also on 
Tuckernuck Island; these were the first birds of the season. None were 
seen between this date and Sept. 1, when one rather lean bird was shot; 
the wind was west to north, a fresh breeze, late in the afternoon it backed 
to northeast. My next record was on Sept. 6 when five birds were shot on 
Tuckernuck Island, and three seen and one shot on Nantucket. No more 
were noted until Sept. 15, on which date three were seen and one killed on 
Nantucket. On the afternoon of the 14th the wind was strong, southeast, 
increasing to rate of 35 miles an hour at midnight, with hard rain. Towards 
morning of the 15th the wind changed to northwest, a light breeze. These 
instances cover all the birds noted during the entire season on the above 
islands. Mr. William Everett of Dorchester, Mass., who visits Prince 
Edward Island regularly every year, informs me that seven Eskimo Curlew 
were shot at Alberton, and one at Darnley, on or about Aug. 28, which 
were all that he heard of during the entire season. — George H. Mackay, 
Nantucket, Mass. 
Auk X, Jan, 1893. p.79. 
