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XI MENIUS ARQUATA. THE GREAT CURLEW. 



WIIAAP. WHAUP. STOCK WHAAP. WHITTEPJCK. 



Scolopax Arquata. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 242. 



Numenius Arquata. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 710. 



Common Curlew. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Grand Courlis cendre. Numenius Arquata. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 603. 



Common Curlew. Numenius Arquata. Selb. Illustr. II. 62. 



Numenius Arquata. Common Curlew. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 195. 



Numenius Arquata. Bonap. Comp. List, 49. 



Length from twenty-three to twenty-eight inches ; bill 

 from Jive to seven inches. Plumage of the head, neck, and 

 fore part of the back light reddish-grey , streaked with blackish- 

 brown ; the hind part of the back white, with narrow longi- 

 tudinal dark marks ; the tail white, xoith twelve black bars ; 

 the breast, sides, and abdomen white, with lanceolate black 

 spots and bars. 



Male. — The Great or Common Curlew is generally dis- 

 tributed, familiarly known in most districts, and indeed one 



