. . ty- ,1 !• T /-I i~rvrv\ FiG. 20.—AxiUars and first primary of three years earlier Lawson (1/09) Eskimo Curiew (after Cory). mentions three sorts of Curlews that were found in vast numbers in Carolina, of whichthis, possibly, was one; and Hearne (1795) spoke of twospecies that were abundant about Hudson Bay (1769-72), thesmaller of which undoubtedly was this bird, although, follow-ing Pennant, he gives the name Eskimaux Curlew to thelarger. The Eskimo Curlew was unknown to Wilson. The birdwhich he described as the Esquimaux Curlew
. . ty- ,1 !• T /-I i~rvrv\ FiG. 20.—AxiUars and first primary of three years earlier Lawson (1/09) Eskimo Curiew (after Cory). mentions three sorts of Curlews that were found in vast numbers in Carolina, of whichthis, possibly, was one; and Hearne (1795) spoke of twospecies that were abundant about Hudson Bay (1769-72), thesmaller of which undoubtedly was this bird, although, follow-ing Pennant, he gives the name Eskimaux Curlew to thelarger. The Eskimo Curlew was unknown to Wilson. The birdwhich he described as the Esquimaux Curlew was the Hud-sonian. The Eskimo Curlew was found breeding by Richard-son at Point Lake in 1822,^ and it bred abundantly in theBarren Grounds. Its breeding range extended from Alaska toLabrador. In the fall migration its swarming myriads massedin Labrador, from there crossed the Gulf of St. Lawrence,landed at Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and then putout to sea, heading for South America. If southerly storms * Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1831, Vol. 11, p. 418 GAME BIRDS. WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. occurred during their migrations, great numbers landed onthe Bermuda Islands. Easterly storms brought similar flightsto the coast of New England, and less frequently, perhaps, tothe shores of the middle and southern States, where, ornithol-ogists believe, they were rarely if ever as abundant as inMassachusetts. We know nothing definite of their migrations in the earlydays of the colony, but since the beginning of the nineteenthcentury comparatively few have been seen on our shoresin fair weather. Whether they kept at sea, resting on theocean when weary, or continued their flight until they reachedthat great mass of floating weed called the Sargasso Sea,where seafaring birds find food, we can only conjecture; butin some way they reached the West Indies and later SouthAmerica, where they spread over the continent, sweeping oneven to Patagonia, thus coursing nearly the length of tw
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