A History of the Game Birds Wild Fowl And Shore Birds of Massachusetts And Adja
A History of the Game Birds Wild Fowl And Shore Birds of Massachusetts And Adja
Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929
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o c c o w c 0) CL ^ r ID u o it: X _l Q. 0) o T3 XI £ U O CO O O "D c jO tU) c (1) n3 c X! SPECIES EXTINCT OR EXTIRPATED. 417 History. The Eskimo Curlew is placed in the list of extinct species to call attention to the fact that this bird, the flocks of which resembled in appearance and numbers the multitudes of the Passenger Pigeon, is now practically extinct. As in the case of the Passenger Pigeon, it is not improbable that a few more small flocks or single specimens may yet be seen or taken;... but it is too late to save the species. Its doom is sealed. Most of the so-called "Dough -birds" taken in recent years have proved to be Hudsonian Curlews, which have a light stripe along the top of the crown. The Eskimo Curlew may be distinguished at once by its unstriped dark crown, its small size, unbarred primaries, and small, slender bill. The history of this bird, so far as it is known to us, began in the eighteenth century. It was de- scribed by Forster in 1772 (Philos. Trans. Royal Soc, London, 1772, Vol.
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