129 
1876. 
Numenius hudsonicus. 
Aug. 17. ! 
Saw one on Long Island, Boston Harbor. 
Sept.22, Tv;o near Smith’s Point rose out of the grass \ 7 ithin 
twenty yards of our v/agon. Uttering a rolling whistle 
of five or six notes. Their flight is rather slow 
and Very like that of Actiturus They are easily de¬ 
coyed by an imitation of their v/histle (Nantucket). 
“ • 25, Near Smith’s Point, Nantucket, one started from 
among some moss and beach grass on a sand flat, and 
alighted again within tv^enty yards of our wagon, squatted 
in precisely the manner of a Snipe. 
“ 27. 
While driving across a sandy tract, sparsely covered 
with wiry grass I discovered one of these Curlews stand¬ 
ing motionless-within thirty yards. Stopping the horse 
I shot it v-rhere it stood. Like the one killed the oth^r 
day it was so fat that I could not preserve the skin, 
(Nantucket), 
B each, Hampshi re. 
1871. 
Sept. 2, Found tv/'o on the pebbly portion of the sea wall 
that divides the marsh from the beach. At first they 
ii v/er 0 Very tame but after one had been shot the survivor 
kept out of range flying about in a groat circle and ut- 
teri^ a v/’histle of three or four mellow notes. Finally 
it r©^ vrith great swiftness to the top of a sandy knoll 
where it stood in an upright position for several minutes. 
1872. 
Aug. 6,. 
“ 9. 
“ 17 . 
Throe flocks passing southward over the ocean. 
One passed over the Eel Pond. 
One passed over the marsh flying in company v^ith 
Numenius lo ngirostris . 
