Book IIL: Yland of BARBADOS, 
The Wiiv-Ducx. 
HE very few that migrate to this Ifland, of this Kind, are of the 
fame Make and Species with thofe in England. 
The "TE AL. 
S this differs little, or not at all, from thofe in England, it will not 
be neceffary to give a particular Defcription of it. 
Tt will be fuficient to obferve, that in England they are feen every 
Winter, tho’ hither they come but once a Year, and very few in Num-~ 
ber ; and fome Years there are none at all. 
The CrooxEp-prLti Currirzu. 
HE Bills of every Species of Curlicus are fomewhat crooked ; but 
i of this more than any other : From thence therefore it derived 
its Name. © 
Its Bill is about Five Inches long ; the Head f{mall, in proportion to 
the Body ; the Neck long and flender ; as are likewife the Legs. 
Its Feet have each Three Toes before, and One behind. 
‘The Feathers of the Head, Neck, Back, and Wings, are thickly 
fpeckled with blackith, ruffet, and white Spots. 
The Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail is Eleven 
Inches ; and from the Extremity of each Wing, extended, Fifteen Inches, 
It weighs, when fat, about Three Quarters of a Pound, and fometimes 
more. 
This, among the reft of the Birds of Paflage, vifits this Ifland in the lat- 
ter End of Fuly and Auguf ; efpecially if we have any Southerly Winds, 
and rainy Weather, at that time. 
The Sutverine Curriekv. 
6 Eee as well as moft other Curlieus, often come over in great 
Flocks. 
They are next in Bignefs to the Crooked-bill Curlieus, having their 
Feathers on the Back, Breaft, and Tail, of a brownith Red, {lightly 
ftreaked with Black. 
The Stone Curvievu. 
i is fomewhat {maller than the laft defcribed, and marked with 
- larger and blacker Spots upon the Back, having likewife fome of the 
Pen-feathers in their Wings, as well as fome of the Tail-feathers white. 
Thefe feed moft commonly on the Sea-fhore; and therefore have a 
Tafte fomewhat fifhy. 
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