. . Range. — North America. Breeds from central British Cohmibia, southernSaskatchewan and Manitoba to northeastern Cahfornia, northern NewMexico and northwestern Texas; winters from central California andsouthern Arizona south to Guatemala, and on Atlantic coast from SouthCarolina to Florida, Louisiana and Texas; formerly migrated north toMassachusetts and rarely to Newfoundland; now a straggler east of theMississippi, north of Florida; casual in West Indies. the Long-billed Curlew was common in migration,irregularl
. . Range. — North America. Breeds from central British Cohmibia, southernSaskatchewan and Manitoba to northeastern Cahfornia, northern NewMexico and northwestern Texas; winters from central California andsouthern Arizona south to Guatemala, and on Atlantic coast from SouthCarolina to Florida, Louisiana and Texas; formerly migrated north toMassachusetts and rarely to Newfoundland; now a straggler east of theMississippi, north of Florida; casual in West Indies. the Long-billed Curlew was common in migration,irregularly if not annually, on the coast of New England aslate as the earlier part of the last century. Old gunners whohave now passed over the divide have told me that thebird was plentiful in the days of their youth, and a few arestill living who say that they have seen it common here. R, Floyd of Rowley assures me that the bird was commonin 1840 on Plum Island River in Essex County, and Mr. CharlesL. Perkins of Newburyport says it was common there in his. Fig. 17. — First primary and axillars of Long-billed Curlew (after Cory). youth, Mr. Thomas C. Wilson of Ipswich has not seen onein his thirty years experience, but the older gunners theretell him that it frequently was seen at times during the 60sand early 70s. Old gunners say that it was common on themarshes of South Sandwich about 1850. Mr. James P. Hatchof Springfield says that about forty years ago (1868) it wascommon on the plains from Eastham to South Wellfleet,Cape Cod, but he has seen none for thirty-five years. Thereis always much liability to error in these statements, as someadult specimens of the Hudsonian Curlew have a longer bill BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 327 than the young of the Sicklebill, but some of the older gunners,who had handled, watched and shot both species, were quickto learn the difference in their notes, flight and markings, andare not likely to have been often mistaken. Mr. Lewis Stone
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