. Vögel von North Carolina . W.1. Sekundär, Quills, etc., duu bräunlich. L., 16.00 bis IS.00. Hudsonian Curlew. Eine dritte Art, der Eskimo Curlew. Numenius borealis (J. R. Forst); zweifellos formerlyaufgetreten. Es ist ein stiU kleinerer Vogel als der Hudsonian Curlew (L., 12.50 bis 14.50) und unterscheidet sich weiter von ihm, indem er keinen blasseren Medianstreifen auf der Krone hat. Es gilt jetzt als fast ausgestorben oder ziemlich ausgestorben. 126. Numenius americanus (Wils.). Lockenschnabel. ADS. - Kopf und Hals gestreift, und zurück mit buffy und schwarz verbarrt; Flügel-Coverts, innerwebs von Primärfarben, Sekundär, und Schwanz variieren fro

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. Birds of North Carolina . w.1. Secondaries, quills, etc., duU brownish. L., 16.00 to IS.00. Hudsonian Curlew. A third species, the Eskimo Curlew. Numenius borealis (J. R. Forst); doubtless formerlyoccurred. It is a stiU smaller bird than the Hudsonian Curlew (L., 12.50 to 14.50), and furtherdiffers from it in having no paler median stripe on the crown. It is now considered to be nearlyor quite extinct. 126. Numenius americanus (Wils.). Long-billed Curlew. Ads.—Head and neck streaked, and back barred with buffy and black; wing-coverts, innerwebs of primaries, secondaries, and tail varying from buffy to pale rufous, barred or mottled withblackish; underparts ochi-aceous-buff, breast more or less streaked and sides sometimes barredwith black; axillars rufous, generally unbarred. L., 24.00; W., 10.50; Tar., 3.10; B., 6.00. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) Range.—North America, now only a straggler east of the Mississippi; wdnters from South■CaroUna to Central America. Range in North Carolina.—Not well known. iU^^. Fig. 105. Long-billed Cuelew. Formerly abundant on our coasts (Coues, 1871), its status with us today is hardto define, except that it is a very rare bird, if found at all within our borders. Weknow of no later unquestioned record than that of a specimen killed on Shackle-ford Banks, near Beaufort, in 1885, by Tobe Lane of New Bern. 144 BiHDs OF North Carolina It is a bird of striking appearance and large size, but owing to excessive shoot-ing it is now virtually extinct on the Atlantic Coast. Coues states that it was aresident near Beaufort in 1871. 127. Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). Hudsonian Curlew. Ads.—IpiKrparls Ki^vi^ lnown, the sides of the foatlicrs with buff or whitish spots; rumpand tiul l)!UTid witli hufTy and lihiclcisli; inner wcl) of outer i>rimuries und both webs of inner onesburred ifilh bajfy or wliilisli and btdclr, iniderparts liufTy or whitisii; nei-k and breast streaked andsides and under wing-coverts burred witli Idack. L., 17.0!)

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