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ORALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACID2E. 



SCOLOPACIDJS. 



THE WHIMBREL. 



Numenius phoeopus. 



Numenius phceopm, Whimbrel Curlew, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 36. 



Scolopax The Whimbrel, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 40. 



Numenius Whimbrel Curlew, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 101. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 65. 



The Whimbrel, JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 195. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Courtis corlleu, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 604. 



IN its plumage, its haunts, habits, and food, the Whim- 

 brel very closely resembles the Curlew last described, but is 

 by no means so numerous as a species, and is also very con- 

 siderably smaller in size, so much so, that it has in some 



