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GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACIDjE. 



SCOLOPACIDJS. 



THE COMMON CURLEW. 



Numenius arquata. 



Numenius arquata, Common Curlew, 

 Scolopax 



The 

 Numenius Common 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 34. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p.38. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 101. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 62. 



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 195. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Grand Courlis cendre, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 603. 



NUMENIUS. Generic Characters. Beak long, slender, curved, and com- 

 pressed, the point hard and slightly bent ; upper mandible rather longer 

 than the lower, rounded near the end and grooved along three-fourths 

 of its whole length. Nostrils lateral, linear, pierced in the groove. 

 Face and lore covered with feathers. Legs rather long, slender; tibia 



