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Bill of extreme Jength and curvature, measuring from 5 to 8 or 9 inches; total length, 
_ about 2 feet; wing, a foot or less; tail, about 4; tarsus, 24-22. Plumage very similar 
to that of the Godwit, prevailing tone rufous, of varing intensity in different birds and 
in different parts of the same bird, usually more intense under the wing than elsewhere ; 
below, the jugulum streaked, and the breast and sides with arrow-heads and bars of 
dusky ; above, variegated with black, especially on the crown, back and wings; tail 
barred throughout with black and rufous; secondaries rufous; primaries blackish and 
rufous ; no pure white anywhere; bill black, the under mandible flesh-colored for some 
distance; legs dark. 
Habitat, United States and British Provinces. Breeds nearly throughout its range, 
and resident in the South, South to Mexico. Guatemala. Cuba. 
Formerly not uncommon and probably summer resident ; of late rare 
and known only as a migrant. Dr. Kirtland mentions its capture in 
1837, and in 1841, quoted on page 220, speaks of it as if of common occur- 
rence. Mr. Langdon notes three er four specimens from the vicinity of 
Cincinnati. I have seen specimens captured at Licking Reservoir. It 
may sometimes breed at St. Mary’s Reservoir and other localities of 
Northwestern Ohio, as it is known to breed in Northern Illinois. 
“The eggs of the Long-billed Curlew are not often sopyriform as among the smaller 
waders, being in shape not unlike hen’s eggs. Different specimens measure: 2.45 by 
1.85 ; 2.60 by 1.80; 2.65 by 1.80; 2.70 by 1.90; 2.80 by 1.90. They are clay-colored, with 
more or less olivaceous in some instances, and in others decidedly buffy shade. The 
spotting is generally pretty uniformly distributed and of small pattern, though in many 
cases there is larger blotching and even massing about the great end. The color of the 
markings is sepia or umber, of different shades, in the buffy-tinged specimens, rather 
tending to chocolate. The shelil-markings, are commnoly numerous and evident.” 
(Coues, Birds N. W. p., 509). 
NUMENIUs HuDsoNIcUs Lath. 
E{tudsonian Curlew. 
Numenius hudsonicus, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 165, 185.—WHxEATON, Ohio 
Agric. Rep. for 1860, 369; Reprint, 1861, 11; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. 
for 1874, 573; Reprint, 1875, 13—LaNnepon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 15; Revised 
List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 188; Reprint, 22. 
Numenius hudsonicus, LATHAM, Ind. Orn., ii, 1790, 712. 
Bill medium, 3 or 4 inches long; length, 16-18; wing, 9; tail, 34; tarsus, 24-23 
Plumage as in the last species in pattern, but general tone much paler; quills barred. 
Habitat, North America. Greenland. Central and South America. Breeds in high 
latitudes. Migratory through the United States, wintering in the Southern States and 
far beyond. 
Rare spring and fall migrant. Dr. Kirtland says that a specimen was 
taken in the vicinity of Cincinnati which was preserved in Dorfeuille’s 
Museum, and that he possessed a specimen from Cleveland. Mr. Lang- 
don omits it from his list, but cites the above reference to Dr. Kirtland 
