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THE PIGMY CURLEW. 



(Triiiga Siib(ir(]iiata, Temm. ttccasscau cocorlt, 

 Temm.j 



THIS species has been hitherto described under 

 the name of the " Pigmy Curlew," but was removed 

 from the place it held amongst the Curlews by that 

 indefatigable ornithologist, Montagu, who placed 

 it amongst the Sandpipers. The bill is black, 

 slender, and slightly curved downwards: it is 

 grooved on both mandibles, and measures two 

 inches and one-eighth from the tip to the brow; 

 the feathers on the crown of the head and nape are 

 deep brown, with rusty tips and edges: a whitish 

 streak, faintly spotted, passes from the bill over 

 each eye, and a brown one extends in the same way 

 underneath them; the throat is dull white, the 

 breast is plain reddish buff; the fore part and sides 

 of the neck are of the same colour, but streaked 



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