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Hudsonian, a.|hʌdˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of an English navigator, Henry Hudson (died c 1611), discoverer of the North American bay, river, and strait which bear his name: see -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Hudson Bay and the surrounding land, esp. in the names of animals and the territory from Labrador to Alaska, as far south as the tree line, classified as the Hudsonian biogeographical zone.
1835J. J. Audubon Ornith. Biogr. III. 727 The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa Hudsonica..is scarcely ever found farther south along the coast than the State of Maryland. 1858S. F. Baird in Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific (U.S. War Dept.) IX. 744 Numenius Hudsonicus. Short⁓billed or Hudsonian Curlew... Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 1871Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. Harvard II. 401 The Hudsonian Fauna doubtless embraces outlying islands of the Canadian Fauna, as the upper part of the White Mountains, and the summits of the higher peaks in the Adirondacks. 1939Beaver June 48/1 The Hudsonian chickadees and Canada jays would come near, making life a bit more cheerful. 1947R. T. Peterson Field Guide Birds (ed. 2) 266 Parus hudsonicus: (1) Hudsonian Brown-capped Chickadee, P. h. hudsonicus. 1948A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 15 The Hudsonian zone in Alberta is poorly characterized by mammals. 1952T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Tundra World 42, I was startled by a series of loud, wild ‘tit-tit-tit-tit-tit’ notes from a big brown bird which leapt into the air a few feet in front. A Hudsonian curlew of course. 1952D. F. Putnam Canad. Regions 139/1 The Hudsonian Life Zone..extends from the timber limit to the south of James Bay, Lake Mistassini and Pointe des Monts on the North Shore. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 713/2 The smaller Whimbrel N[umenius] phaeopus is Holarctic (its American race being sometimes called ‘Hudsonian Curlew’). Ibid. 715/1 The Hudsonian Godwit L[imosa] haemastica migrates from North America to South America. |