CURLEW SANDPIPER, 



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ORALLATORES. 



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THE CURLEW SANDPIPER. 



Numenius pygmdus. Pigmy Cnrlew, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 38. 



Srolopax ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



'• M ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 42. 



Trhiga subarqnata, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 107. 



>> ). Curlew Tringa, Selly, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 157. 



>» .. Pigmy Curlew, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 208. 



>> ). X ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



I. » Btcasseuv cocorli, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 609. 



Tringa. Generic Characters, — Beak of moderate length, about as long as 

 the head, sometimes slightly curved, rather flexible, compressed at the base, 

 depressed, dilated, and blunt towards the point, both mandibles grooved along 

 the sides. Nostrils lateral, pierced in the membrane lining the groove. Legs 

 slender, lower part of tibia naked ; three toes before, one behind, those in front 

 entirely divided to their origin, the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus. 

 Wings of moderate size, pointed, the first feather always llie longest. 



The species last described leads, by an easy gradation, to 

 the true Sandpipers or marine Snipes, most of which, as their 



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