SCOLOPACID.E* 93 



The BRAZILIAN CURLEW. FALCINELLUS guarauna. Scolo- 

 pax guarauna, Linn. S. N. i. 242. Sharv, Nat. Misc. 

 t. 705. Tantalus Mexicanus, Gmel. Numenius chici, 

 VieilL Tantalus chalcopterus, Temm. pi. col. 511. 

 I. Ordi, Bonap. I. falcinellus, Bonap. Am. Orn. t. 23. 

 f. 1. I. Mexicana, Vieill. 



a. Adult. Valparaiso. Presented by Sir W. Burnett 

 and Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. 



b. Young. Mexico. Presented by John Taylor, Esq. 



The SCOLOPACEOUS HERON. ARAMUS scolopaceus, Vieill. 

 Ardea scolopacea, Gmel. S. N. i. 647. Rallus gua- 

 rauna, ILL A. carua, Vieill. R. gigas, Licht. R. 

 ardeoi'des, Spix, Av. Braz. t. 91. R. giganteus, Bonap. 

 Nothorodius guarauna, Wagl. PL enl. 848. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



b. British Guiana. From Chev. Schomburgk's Col- 

 lection. 



FAM. 4. SCOLOPACID^E. 



The COMMON CURLEW. NUMENIUS arquatus, Lath. 

 Scolopax arquata, Linn. S. N. i. 242. PJ. enl. 818. 



a. Great Britain. 



6. Devonshire. From Col. Montagu's Collection. 



c. Cambridgeshire. Presented by Mr. J. Baker. 



d. Athens. Presented by C. L. W. Merlin, Esq. 

 e.f. Nepaul. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 g. India. Presented by Major Johnstone. 



The AUSTRALIAN CURLEW. NUMENIUS cyanopus, Vieill. 

 N. Diet. H. N. VTII. 306. N. Australasianus et N. 

 Australis, Gould. 



a. b. Port Essington, Australia. Presented by Capt. W. 

 Chambers, R.N. 



The MADAGASCAR CURLEW. NUMENIUS Madagascarien- 

 sis, Lath. Scolopax Madagascariensis, Linn. S. N. i. 

 9A2.PL enl. 198. 



a. South Africa. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



