380 CLASS AVES. 



Pygmy Curlew^ Lath. Tringa Platyrkinchus, Tern. 

 in summer. Numenius PusiUus, Buf., and N. 

 Pygmceus, Meyer, Naum. Voy. t. 10, f. 22 ; young 

 is Num. Pygmeus, Lath., and Scolopax Pygmceus, 

 Gmel. not Lin., and Jaleinellus Pygmeus, Steph. 

 Pen. Gen. Birds, Shaw Zool. xii. t. 6. 



Bill larger than the head ; tips slightly curved, much 

 dilated ; rump, black ; feet, greenish ; tarsus, one inch 

 long. Europe and America. 



The CocoRLi do not differ from the last but by 

 having a more arched bill. 



The species known — 



Cape Curlew. Scol. Subarcuata, Gm. Numenius 

 Africanus, Lath. Naum. 21, f. 28 and 20, f. 27. 



Is in winter blackish above, waved with greyish, and 

 whitish below. In summer the back is spotted with 

 black and fulvous, the wings grey, and the upper 

 part of the body red. It exists every where, but 

 not in any numbers. 



This is the Tringa Suharcuata, Temm., when young 

 the' Numenius Pygmceus^ Bechst., and in summer 

 the Red Sandpiper of Pennant. See Meyer and 

 Wolf, xix. t. 4, f. 1 and 2, adult and young. 



Long-legged Sandpiper. Tringa Itimantopus, Ch. 

 Bonap. Amer. Orn. iij. t. 



Bill larger than the head, slightly arched ; tarsus 

 larger than the bill ; rump, white, black banded ; 

 middle tail feathers largest. North America. 



