130 NOTF. ON TllK Al'STU.VLlAN OUUI-KW. 



Mongolia whoro it bivodf, quitting the southern portions of 

 the ooutinout in A^n-il for that purpose. 



Lastly, the range of the European Curlew uuiy be defined to 

 extend tl\rou>;hout Europe, taking in the Orkney, Euroe, and 

 Slietland Islands. It likewise oeeurs in AWstern Asia. It is 

 found in the Azores and in North Afriea, extending down the 

 eoasr of that eontinent to Daniara Land. It appears not to 

 wander to the extreme south, for all the South Afriean Curlews 

 I examined in the British iNtuseum when eompiling my work 

 ^vere inseparable from the foregoing species as found in India, 

 China, and Ceylon. It would therefore appear to take in the 

 west coast, whilothe Asiatic or ''Eastern " Curlew monopolises 

 the east coast and the extreme south in its wanderiujrs. 



