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found in Denmark, Norway, &c. as well as in 

 Africa and the East Indies. In the summer it visits 

 Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It breeds in the 

 boggy moors of Iceland, and also in Shropshire, 

 Cornwall, &c. Its nest, composed of dry grass and 

 leaves, is placed in a tuft of long grass or rushes. 

 The eggs, four in number, are of an olive green hue, 

 spotted with dark green and brown. The Curlew is 

 very shy and vigilant, alarming other birds by its oft 

 repeated loud cries, in sound resembling " corlieu" 

 or " courlie," whence its name. It runs with speed, 

 and has a strong and rapid flight. Being in some 

 request as food, it is often seen in the markets. 



CUELEW, ESQUIMAUX. 



NUMENIUS EOEEALIS. 



This species of the Curlew, which in its whole 

 length is about fourteen inches, the bill two inches 

 and a quarter, frequents, according to the statement 

 of Sir John Richardson, the barren lands within the 

 Arctic circle in summer, when it feeds on grubs, 

 fresh water insects, and the crow-berry. The 

 first appearance of this bird recorded in Great 

 Britain is that of one which was killed in Scot- 

 land in September, 1855, in the parish of Durris, 

 Kincardineshire, by W. E. Cussach Smith, Esq. 

 Its eggs are pear-shaped, of a green colour, clouded 



