S64f CLASS AVLS. 



yellow skin ; rest of head, neck, back, belly, and 

 secondaries, white ; wing-coverts, and quills, black ; 

 upper tail-coverts, pink. East Indies. 



The Curlews. Numenius. Cuv. 



Have the bill arched like the Ibis, but more slender, 

 and round through its entire length. The end of 

 the upper mandible passes the lower, and projects a 

 little beyond it downwards. The toes are palmated 

 between the bases. Numenius is derived from Neo- 

 menia (new moon), on account of the crescented 

 form of the bill. 



TIw Common Curlew. ScoL Arcuata. Enl. 818. 

 Frisch. 224. Naum. 5. f 5. 



As large as a capon ; brown, and the edges of all the 

 feathers, whitish ; rump, white, and tail radiated 

 with white and brown. It is a tolerably well 

 flavoured game ; common along the sea-coasts, and 

 a bird of passage, in the inland region. Its name is 

 derived from its cry. The Numenius ItufuSy VieiU. 

 Gal. t. 245. Alb. t. 79. Br. Zool. t. m. 



Courlis a Meches etroites du Cap.* Numenius 

 Virgatus. Cuv. Enl. 198. 



Bill and feet, brown ; back, with rhomboidal spots ; 

 throat, white. The Madagascar Curlew, Lath. Nu- 

 menius Madagascanensis , Lath. 



* Also the Courlis d Meches etroites de I' Inde. N. Lincatus. 



