. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. iDiniDJ-: â TiiK iijisi;h â kudcjcimus. 91 iKirtli, especially dii tho sea-ooaHt iiinl why tin' liir>,'fr rivcns of tin- West. It is jiliiiiulaiit throuKlii'iit .Mexico, (Jciitml Aiuericii, and tlie iiortheni portioiiM of .South America. Mi'. '»â *'⢠Tiiylor iiiciitioiiH hiiviiig met with it on the Maeaonie Kiver in lldiidiiras; and .Mr. Salvin siiraks of having,' seen soini' anionj; the i)ays on the coast, lit' afterward mentions liavinj,' met with it frc(inently on tiit- sea-coast of (i\iate
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. iDiniDJ-: â TiiK iijisi;h â kudcjcimus. 91 iKirtli, especially dii tho sea-ooaHt iiinl why tin' liir>,'fr rivcns of tin- West. It is jiliiiiulaiit throuKlii'iit .Mexico, (Jciitml Aiuericii, and tlie iiortheni portioiiM of .South America. Mi'. '»â *'⢠Tiiylor iiiciitioiiH hiiviiig met with it on the Maeaonie Kiver in lldiidiiras; and .Mr. Salvin siiraks of having,' seen soini' anionj; the i)ays on the coast, lit' afterward mentions liavinj,' met with it frc(inently on tiit- sea-coast of (i\iatemala, amonff tho creeks emptying into tin- Paidtic. Mr. Dresser found it ainindant-in Northeastern Mi'xico. near Matanioras. It fretiiicnted (hr town la^,'oon, wiiere on several occasions he sliot four or live before breakfast. lie always ate them, and found them excellent â inth-ed, far superior to the real Curlew, by nanu' it was known. In Florida it goes by the name of tiie "Spanish ; iMr. (tiraud mentions two instances wherein this bird has been met with on tho shores of Long Island. One was shot at IJaynor South, in the summer of iJS.'JCi; the otiier at Moriclies, in March, 't. A single only is repm-ted of its liaving lieen deteeteil farther north. Mr. Allen met with a few examples of this species in tile Valley of (Ireat Salt Lake, in Seiitcndjcr, and was informed that it is a common summer resident in that neighborhood. Mr. Audubon found it breeding in iinn\ense nund)ers on a snudl sandy island al)o>it six miles from Cape Sable in Florida. It was in company with the Urown i'elican, four or five species of Herons, both the (Jallinules, and other species. It was breeding there in thousaiuls; and on every bush, (cactus, or tree on the island he found their nests, so that on one wild plum tri'e he counted forty-seven of them. The nests of this species measure about fifteen inches in their greatest dianu'ter, and are fornu'd o
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