. . k toward tip; legs grayish blue. Field Marks. — General tone of plumage more grayish and less reddish thanthat of the Sicklebilled Curlew; long curved bill sometimes longer thanthat of the young SicJdebill; a light central crown stripe, bordered byblackish stripes, distinguishes it from the other American species, butthis can l)e seen only at close range. Notes. — Call note jnp-pijy-jnp-pij^; in spring a sweet Kur-leir (Hoffmann). Season. — Usually a rare migrant, but irregularly and locally commoncoastwise; early July to late Se
. . k toward tip; legs grayish blue. Field Marks. — General tone of plumage more grayish and less reddish thanthat of the Sicklebilled Curlew; long curved bill sometimes longer thanthat of the young SicJdebill; a light central crown stripe, bordered byblackish stripes, distinguishes it from the other American species, butthis can l)e seen only at close range. Notes. — Call note jnp-pijy-jnp-pij^; in spring a sweet Kur-leir (Hoffmann). Season. — Usually a rare migrant, but irregularly and locally commoncoastwise; early July to late Septeml)er. Range. — North and South America. Breeds on coast of Alaska frommouth of Yukon to Kotzebue Sound, and on coast of northern Macken-zie; winters from Lower California to southern Honduras, from Ecuadorto southern Chile, and from British Guiana to mouth of Amazon; migratesmainly along Pacific and Atlantic coasts; rare in the interior; casual onPribilof Islands and in Greenland and Bernmda; accidental in Spain. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 331. Fig. 18. —First primary and axillars of Hudsonian Curlew(after Cory). Note barring of the inner web of primary. History. In this species, which is practically the only Curlew nowleft to us, we have a peculiar instance of the survival of thefittest. While probably decreasing in numbers, apparently it isholding its own in many localities, and even increasing inrecent years. This increase may be more apparent than real,for as time goes on, and birds become fewer, our standardschange, and the Hud-sonian Curlew, whichonce was regarded asuncommon for a Cur-lew when compared atthat time with theabundance of the otherlarge shore birds, isconsidered now as common locally, when contrasted with the present scarcityof the other species. It is probable that the extinction of theEskimo Curlew has provided more nesting places and morefood for the Hudsonian Curlew and that recently it has begunto increase locally, and is now occupying
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