Numenius borealis (Forst.). 
Eskimo Curlew. 
Brighton. Hass. 
1885-95. 
September . 
Since the publication of my "Birds of the Cambridge Region", 
I have learned of the capture of an Eskimo Curlew in the marshes on 
the Brighton side of Charles River, about opposite the Cambridge 
Cemetery. This bird was shot early in September, a number of years 
ago, by Mr .Win. D. Gooch. Unfortunately it was not preserved, out it 
was examined, soon after it had been killed, by Mr. George N.Lamb who 
unhesitatingly pronounced it to be a 'Doe-bird'. Although not, like 
his brother Charles, a trained ornithologist, Mr. George Lamb has had 
large experience as a sportsman, especially with the waders and 
water-fowl which frequent the coast of New England. At the time of 
examining Mr. Gooch's bird he was perfectly familiar with the points 
of difference between the Eskimo and Hudsonian Curlews, ha repeat- 
edly killed both species during shooting excursions to Cape Cod. In 
view of these facts I am inclined to place full reliance in the cor- 
rectness of his identification of the Curlew obtained in the Long- 
fellow marshes. Mr. Gooch has no record of the date of its capture, 
but he remembers distinctly that he shot it on a 'Labor Day', and 
that the weather was "thick" at the time. He is equally sure that 
the year was not later than 1895, nor earlier than 1885. All this I 
learn from Mr. Charles R.Lamb - on February 17, 1907. 
W i 1 1 i am B r ew s t e r . 
