COMMON CURLEW. Class II. 



GENUS IV. CURLEW. 



Bill long, slender, incurvated, blunt. 

 Nostrils linear, placed near the base. 

 Tongue short, sharp pointed. v ^ :• : -X 

 Toes connected as far as the first joint by a 

 strong membrane. 



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1. Common. Numenlus Arquata. N. ci- 

 nerascente nigroque varius, 

 pedibus cjErulescentibus, a- 

 lis nigris maculis niveis. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. '710. id. Syn, 

 V. 1 19. id. Sup. i. 242. 



Le Corlieu. Belon av. 204. 



Arquata, sive numenius. Ges- 

 ner av. 221. 



Arcase Torquato. Aldr. av. 

 iii. 169. 



Wil. orn. 294. 



Rail Syn. av. 103. 



Le Courly. Brisson av. v.- 



311. Hist, d'ois. viii. I9. 



PL Enl.SiS. 

 Golsser, Brach-scknepf. Kram. 



350. Frisch, ii. 229. 

 Scolopax arquata. Gm. Lin. 



655. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 168. 

 Danis Heel-spove. Regn. Spa- 



aer. Regn. Spove. Brunnich, 



158. 

 Br. Zool. 118. A7ct. Zool. ii. 



164. 



-1-HESE birds frequent our sea coasts and 

 marshes in the winter time in large flocks, walk- 

 ing on the open sands ; feeding on frogs, shells, 

 crabs, and other marine insects : in summer 

 they retire to the mountanous and unfrequented 

 parts of the country, where they pair and 

 breed. 



