Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 23.
Numenius longirostris, Bonap. Syn. p. 314.
Numenius longirostris, Long-billed Curlew, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 376.
Long-billed Curlew, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 94.
Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 240; v. v. p. 587.
358. 2. Numenius Hudsonicus, Lath. Hudsonian Curlew.
Bill little more than twice the length of the head, brownish-black, base of lower mandible flesh-coloured; upper part of head deep brown, with a central and two lateral lines of whitish; a brown line from the bill to the eye, and another behind the latter; neck all round pale yellowish-grey, longitudinally streaked with brown, excepting the upper part of the throat, which is greyish-white; upper parts in general blackish-brown, marked with numerous spots of brownish-white, there being several along the margins of each feather; wings and rump somewhat lighter; upper tail-coverts and tail barred with dark brown and olivaceous grey; primaries and their coverts blackish-brown, all with transverse yellowish-grey markings on the inner web, the shaft of the first quill white, of the rest brown; breast and abdomen greyish-white, the sides tinged with cream-colour and barred with greyish-brown.
Passes from Texas northward, returning in autumn. Abundant in the middle districts at both periods. Breeds at Hudson's Bay, and farther north.
Esquimaux Curlew, Scolopax borealis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 92.
Numenius hudsonicus, Hudsonian Curlew, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 377.
Esquimaux Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 97.
Hudsonian Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 283; v. v. p. 589.
359. 3. Numenius borealis, Lath. Esquimaux Curlew.
Bill half as long again as the head, slender, brownish-black, the lower mandible flesh-coloured at the base; upper part of head brownish-black, streaked with pale yellowish-brown, and having an indistinct central and two lateral lines of whitish; upper parts brownish-black, marked with numerous spots of light brownish-yellow, there being several along the margin of each feather; wing-coverts and secondaries of a lighter tint, similarly spotted; alula, primary quills, and coverts, dark brown, the shaft of the first quill white, of the rest brown; inner webs not barred as in _N. Hudsonicus_; tail barred with light greyish-brown and dark brown; sides of head and neck all round pale yellowish-grey, striped with dark brown; breast and sides greyish-yellow, with longitudinal and transverse dark markings; lower wing-coverts and tail-coverts similarly barred, axillars of a rufous buffy tint, regularly banded.