WHIMBREL. 



ORALLATORES. 



583 



SCOLOPACIDJE. 



THE WHIMBREL. 



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



Scolopcur, ., TVje Whimbrel, MONTAGU, Omith. Diet. 



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



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



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



T/ie Whimbrel, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 195. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxi. 



Courlis corlieu, 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 

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

 counties obtained the names of Half-Curlew and Jack- 



