4^2 CURLEV/ANDWHIMBREL. 



A. Curlew, Br. Zool. ii.N" 176.— Scolopax arquata. Faun. Suecti" ibS,^— Latham, iii. 

 Le Courlis, De Buffon, viii. 19. — PI. Enl. 818. — Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



ip With an incurvated bill, feven inches long : head, and upper 

 part of the wings, pale brown, fpotted with black : back white: 

 tail white, barred with black : legs blueifh. Weight from twenty- 

 two to thirty-feven ounces. 

 Pi'ACE. Inhabits Europe, as high as Lapmark * and Iceland \ ; and is found 



on the vaft plains of Rujjta and Sibiria, quite to Kamtfchatka. 



Be Whimbrel, Br. Zool. ii. N° 177. — Scolopax Ph«opus. Windfpole. Spof. Faun. 

 Suec. N° 169. — Latham, iii. 

 Le^Courlieu, ou petit Courlis, De Buffin, viii. 27. — PI. Enl. 842. — Lev. Mus. 



f^ With a bill near three inches long : head marked lengthways 

 by a whitifh line, bounded on each fide by one of black : 

 neck, coverts of wings, and upper part of the back, pale brown, 

 fpotted with black: lower part of the back and thebelly white : tail 

 light brown, barred with black: legs blueifh grey. Weight twelve 

 ounces. 

 Placb. Inhabits the fame places with the former. 



* LeemSj 249. f Brunnichi p» 49. 



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