Class IL 



CURLEW. 



4 2 9 



BILL long, (lender, incurvated. 

 NOSTRILS linear, placed near the bafe. 

 TONGUE ihort, fharp pointed. 

 TOES connected as far as the firft joint by a 

 llrong membrane. 



XXIX. 

 CURLEW, 



Le Ccrlieu. Belon av. 204. 

 Arquata, five numenius. Gef- 



ner a<v. 221. 

 Arcafe Torquato. Aldr. av. 



III. 169. 

 Wil, cm. 294. 

 Rail fyn. av. 103. 

 Le Courly. Brijjbn av. V. 



3"- 



GoifTer,Brach-icknepf. Kram, 



350. Frifch, II. 229. 

 Scolopax arquata. Lin. fyjl. 



242. 

 Faun. Suec. /p. 168. 

 Dams Heel-fpove. Regn. Spa- 



aer. Regn. Spove. Brunnicb 9 



158. 

 Br. Zoo/. 118. 



176. Cur- 



LEW. 



THESE birds frequent our fea coafts and 

 marfhes in the winter time in large flocks, 

 walking on the open fands ; feeding on iriells, 

 frogs, crabs, and other marine infects : in fummer 

 they retire to the mountanous and unfrequented 

 parts of the country, where they pair and breed. 

 Their eggs are of a pale olive color, marked with 

 irregular but diftincl: fpots of pale brown. Their 

 flefh. is very rank and fifhy, notwithstanding an 

 old Englijlj proverb in its favour. 



Curlews differ much in weight and fize; fome Descrip, 

 weighing thirty-feven ounces, others not twenty- 

 two : the length of the largeft to the tip of the 



tail 



