20 ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 



ESQUIMAUX CURLEW. 



I'LATE CI.XIV. FIGURE III. 



Numenius borealis, NUTTAI.L. AUDUBON. 



Scolo/>ax borealis, WILSON. 



eggs are three or four in number, and of a 

 green colour, with a few large irregular-shaped 

 spots of bright brown. 



WHIMBREL. 



LITTLE WHAAP. WIIIMBREL CURLEW. 

 PLATE CLXIV. FIGURE I. 



Numenius phceopus, PENNANT. 



Numenius Hudsoaicus, BRISSON. 



Numenius minor, BRISSON. 



Scolopax phceopus, MONTAGU. 



Phceopus arqtiatiis, STEPHENS. 



r MHE nest of this species is a rude couch, placed 



among the heather on the open moor, or some 



hillock or low stump. A few dry grasses are the 



