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Definition of Numenius borealis
1. Noun. New World curlew that breeds in northern North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numenius Borealis
Literary usage of Numenius borealis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1858)
"numenius borealis, ORD, ed. Wils, VII, 1825. Not of Latham. Numenius hudsonicus,
LATHAM, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 712.—BON. Obs. 1825, No. 201.—Sw. FB Am. II, ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"numenius borealis. A COMMUNICATION to the Linnean Society of London in November,
1855, announced the first recorded occurrence of this American Curlew in ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"numenius borealis (Forst.). (266) Synonyms: Little Curlew.—Scolopax borealis,
Forst., 1772. ... numenius borealis, Lath., 1790, and authors generally. ..."
4. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"ON numenius borealis IN CALIFORNIA BY L. BELDING. I think numenius borealis
published by Mr. Holterhoff in The Auk (vol. i, 4, 393), and referred to by Mr. ..."
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