likes “Ob 5 -A MOA 13 
but in defining them as a sub-family 
of the snipe, enables classifying 
fem. with’ greater ease ~ and 
exactness. 
WIMBREL 
(sub family of curlew) 
(Numenius minutus) 
Is the smallest of the Wimbrel or 
Curlew families. As they are not 
indigenous to Samoa their appear- 
ance is very rare, probably being 
driven to the islands by a heavy 
storm in their migratory flights 
from Eastern Siberia, where they 
breed, to their winter habitation in 
Malayana and Australia. 
The plumage is pale brown in the 
upper, shading into white on the 
