41. NUMENIUS. 341 



of dark brown ; no peculiarity of thigh- 

 feathers hudsonicus, p. 364. 



d'". Upper tail-coverts uniform cinnamon- 

 bun ; tail-leathers cinnamon-buff, 

 banded with du.sky brown ; shafts of 

 thigh-feathers produced into hair-like 



bristles tahitiensis, p. 367. 



Inner aspect of quills uniform, without bars or 

 notches on the inner web ; axillaries cinnamon- 

 rufous barred with brown ; lower back and 

 rump like the rest of the back borealis, p. 368. 



1. Numeniu3 arquatns. 



The Curlew, Atom, Nat. Hist. B. i. p. 75, pi. 79 (1738). 



Le Courly, Briss. Orn. v. p. 311 (1700); HAubent. PL Bid. viii. 

 pi. 318. 



Le Courly de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. v. p. 321, pi. xxviii. (1760). 



Scolopax arquata, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 242 (1706: Europe); G/n. 

 Si/st. Nat. i. p. 655 (1788). 



Scolopax madagascariensis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 212 (1760 : Mada- 

 gascar) ; Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 055 (1788). 



Courly de Madagascar, D'Aubent. PL Enl. viii. pi. 198. 



Le Courlis, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 19, pi. ii. (1781). 



Numenius madagascariensis, Bodd. TabL PL Enl. p. 1^'(1783); Lath. 

 Ltd. Orn. ii. p. 710 (1790) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. 

 p. 306 (1817); Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mas. p. 93 (1844) ; Bp. C. 

 It. xliii. p. 597 (1850) ; E. Neict. Ibis, lSii:!, p. 457 (Madagascar); 

 Schl. $ Poll. Faun. Modag., Ois. p. 133 (1868) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1869, p. 571; Gray, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 12, no. 10244 (1871); 

 Hart/. Joy. Madoff. p. 323 (1877) ; E. Newt. Tr. Nor/. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 553 (Reunion; Seychelles; Rodriguess). 



Numenius arquatus, Bodd. TabL PL Enl. p. 50 (1783); Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. ii. p. 710 (1790; ; Pall. Zooyr. Bosso-Asiat. ii. p. 168 (1811); 

 Vieill. N. Diet. d'JIist. Nat. viii. p. 304 (1817); Tenon. Man. 

 d'Orn. ii. p. 603 (1820) ; Boux, Orn. Prov. pi. 300 ( 1825 I ; Werner, 

 Atlas, Grallte, pi. 5 < 1,-27) ; Brehm, Vbg. Deutschl.y. 608 (1831) ; 

 Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101 (Smyrna); Naum. Viii/. Deutschl. 

 viii. p. 478, Taf. 210 (1830) ; Gould, B. Eur. iv. pi. 302 (1837); 

 Bp. Coiii]>. List B. Eur. 8[ N. Atner, p. 49 (1838) ; Cresp. Orn. Gard, 

 p. 404 (1840) ; Keys. 8f Bias. U'irb. Eur. pp. lxxviii. 207 (1840) ; 

 Nordm. in Dimid. 1 r oy. Buss. Mi id. iii. p. 266 (1840); Selya- 

 Lonych. Faun. Bely. p. 130 (1842: spring and autumn); Schl. 

 Rev. Crit. p. xcv (1844); Miihle, lleitr. Orn. GriecAenl. p. 110 

 (1844); Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mm. p. 93 (1844) ; Hodys. Icon, 

 ined. in Brit. Mus., Grail. "!•«, no. 014; id. in Graifs Zoo/. Misc. 

 p. 86 (1844); Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 125 (1845: Lower Egypt and 

 Abyssinian Coa.-t, m winter) ; Hewits. Eggs Brit. B. ii. p. 285, 

 pi. lxxix. (1846); Gray, Cat. Mamm. 8p. Nepal pres. Hodgs. 

 p. 137 (1840) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 569 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. /!. Mue. 

 As. Soc. p. 268 (1849: Calcutta); Thomps. B. Irel. ii. p. 1-1 

 (1850: resident); Harcourt, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 140 (Madeira); 

 Reichenb. Grail, tab. lxxviii. fig. 539 (1851); Macff. Brit. B. 

 iv. p. 243 (1862); Ejeerb. Damn. Fugle, pi. xxxiii a. tig. 4 

 (1852); Schl. Voy. Nederl. p. 247(1854); Brehm, J.f. O. L854, 

 p. 81 (Khartoum); Lichl.Nomend.Av.Mw. Berol. p. 91 (1-51: 

 Germany; Arabia); Bp. C. B. xliii. p. 597 (1850); Heugl. 



