. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Hudsonian Curlew Distribution in California.âAbundant spring and fall migrant, chiefly coast- wise, but also at various interior points: Dos Palos, May 22, 1914, May 22, 1916; Salton Sea, Apr. 27, 1917; Bishop, May 29, 1919. Returns to (Ventura County) coast by July 10th. Casual in winter: Santa Cruz Island, Dec. 8, 1907 (Linton); Santa Barbara, Dec. 26, 1914. Authorities.âCassin ( Numenius hudsonicus), in Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. ix.
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Hudsonian Curlew Distribution in California.âAbundant spring and fall migrant, chiefly coast- wise, but also at various interior points: Dos Palos, May 22, 1914, May 22, 1916; Salton Sea, Apr. 27, 1917; Bishop, May 29, 1919. Returns to (Ventura County) coast by July 10th. Casual in winter: Santa Cruz Island, Dec. 8, 1907 (Linton); Santa Barbara, Dec. 26, 1914. Authorities.âCassin ( Numenius hudsonicus), in Baird, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. ix., 1858, p. 744 (Presidio); Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avifauna, no. I, 1900, p. 27 (n. Alaska; breeding habits, nest, eggs, etc.); Tyler, Pac. Coast Avifauna, no. 9, 1913, p. 30 (San Joaquin Valley; habits). KNOWN only as a migrant, the Hudsonian Curlew, or "Jack," as he is affectionately called, is one of the most familiar and picturesque features of California beach life. The Jacks are wary without being unreasonable about it. A little artifice of approach will ensure a coveted "specimen"; but slaughter is, fortunately, a difficult matter and the price one inevitably pays for any display of firearms is the forfeiture of Curlew confidence along that immediate stretch of coast. Since Jack's tenure of the beaches is coincident with the period of our own greatest interest, viz., in July and August, it is rather important that we under- stand each other. The Curlews ask only to be let alone, and if one will really mind his own business while at the beach, he may have most rewarding views of these feathered gentry as they sidle toward the quiet watcher, or "cross his bows" between the upper beach and the ?"*â % * 't Taken near Santa Barbara 1286 TWO SANDERLINGS ARE INCLUDED Photo by the Author. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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