Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) Science Article 1
abstract
From the shores of the Arctic Ocean, Where they breed, to Patagonia, where they probably Winter (Ibis, 1878, page 404), is a journey of seven thousand miles; yet the Eskimo CurleWs, familiarly known as Doughbirds, compass it every year on their migrations.
GEORGE h. MACKAY, The AUK(9)1:16-21, 1892