as 



WHIMBREL CURLEW. Class II. 



2. Whim- 



BREL. 



Numenitis Pheeopus. N. ros- 

 tro nigro, pedibus cagrule- 

 scentibus, maculis dorsali- 

 bus fuscis rhomboidalibus, 

 uropygio albo. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 711. id. Syu. v. 123. 



Phaeopus alteia, vcl arquata 

 minor. Gesner av. 499. 



Tarangolo, Girardello. Aldr. 

 av. iii. 180. 



Wil. orn. 294.. 



Haii Sy7i. av. 103. 



Edw av. 307. 



Scolopax Phaeopus. Gni. Lin. 

 657. 



Scopoli, No. 132. 

 Windspole, Spof. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 169. 

 Kleiner Goisser. Kram. 3.50. 

 Kleine Art Brachvogel or Re- 



genvogel. Frisch, ii. 225. 

 Le petit Courly, ou le Cour- 



lieu. Numenins minor. 



Brisson av. v. 317. tah. 27. 



Hist, d'ois. viii. 27. PL 



Enl. 842. 

 Danis Mellum-Spove. Kor- 



veg. Smaae Spue. Br. 15Q. 

 Br. Zool. 119. Arct. Zool. ii. 



164, 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Jl he wLimbrel is much less frequent on our 

 shores than the curlew ; but its haunts, food, 

 and general appearance, are much the same. 

 It is observed to visit the neighborhood of 

 Spalding (where it is called the Curlew knot) in 

 vast flocks in Aprils but continues there no 

 longer than 3Iai/ ; nor is it seen there at any 

 other time of the year : it seems at that season 

 to be on its passage to its breeding place, which 

 I suspect to be among the Highlands of Scot- 

 Icind. 



The specific difference is the size ; this never 

 exceeding the weight of twelve ounces.* The 



* The editor is informed by Dr. Latham that it sometimes 



