HABITS OF THE ESKIMO CURLEw IN NEW ENGLAND.

Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) Science Article 1

abstract

From the shores of the Arctic Ocean, Where they breed, to Patagonia, where they probably Winter (Ibis, 1878, page 404), is a journey of seven thousand miles; yet the Eskimo CurleWs, familiarly known as Doughbirds, compass it every year on their migrations.

GEORGE h. MACKAY, The AUK(9)1:16-21, 1892

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