340 CHARADRIID.33. 



e". Tarsus short, about equal to the cul- 

 men in length ; hare part of the 

 tibia nearly equalling the tarsus in 

 length ; hill flattened and some- 

 what widened at the end ; feathers 

 of the chin-angle nearly equal to 

 the feathers on the edge of the 

 forehead 57. Ereunetes, p. 514. 



41. NUMENIUS. „ 



Type. 



Numenius, Briss. Orn. v. p. 311 (1760) N. arquatus. 



Phreopus, Cuvier, Bec/ne An. i. p. 485 (1817) N. phaeopus. 



Cracticornis, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 88 (1841) N. arquatus. 



Range. Nearly cosmopolitan. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Quills barred with whitish or rufous on the 

 inner web. 

 a . Colour of crown of head similar to that of the 

 back, not showing a mesial pale longitudinal 

 band. (Curlews.) 

 a". Axillaries pure white, or with traces of a 

 few dusky lines ■ lower back and rump 

 white, either uniform or with longitudinal 

 streaks and spots of black. 

 a". Size larger : culmen 4"75-6'l inches ; 

 tarsus 2 - 9-3"2 inches ; rump white 

 (juv. vel hiem.), or white spotted and 

 streaked with blackish (ad. restiv.) . , arquatus, p. 341. 

 b'". Size smaller : culmen less than 3 inches ; 

 tarsus 2 - 4 inches ; lower back and rump 



always pure white tenuirostris, p. 348. 



b". Axillaries white, broadly and plentifully 

 barred with blackish like the wing-coverts ; 

 lower back and rump brown, not white, 

 mottled with blackish like the mantle 



and upper back cyanopus, p. 350. 



c". Axillaries and under wing-coverts vinous 

 cinnamon, with a few narrow dusky bars ; 

 quills also vinous cinnamon below, barred 

 with dusky ; lower back and rump dark 



like the upper back, not white lojigirostris, p. 352. 



b' . A central longitudinal pale band down the 



crown, with the sides of the crown blackish 



brown, forming a broad band along each side 



of the latter. (Whimbhels.) 



d" . Lower back and rump pure white, or with 



some central spots and streaks of dusky 



blackish; axillaries white or white barred , 7 „ r _ 



-^ brown phaopus, p. 355. 



Lower back and" rump like the upper back, 1 varie ff atus > P- 36] • 

 not white. 

 '". Upper tail-coverts barred with buff and 

 dark brown ; tail ashy brown with bars 



