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NUMENIUS. 



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Typical Curlews. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATUS, 



COMMON CURLEW. 



Diagnosis. Numenius dorso postico^ uropygioque quam dorsum superius valde pallidioribus : tarso longiorc 

 (plus quam 75 millim.). 



Synonymy. 



Variations. The Eastern and Western forms of this species may fairly be regarded as subspecifically 

 distinct. 



Scolopax arquata, Linneus, Syst Nat. i. p. 145 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 242 (1766). 



Numenius numenius, -> om ono ,-,■,r.f^\ 



. [Brisson, Orn. v. pp. 311, 322 (1760). 

 Numenius madagascariensis, J 



Scolopax madagascariensis {Briss.), Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 242 (1766). 



Numenius arquata [Linn.), Latham, Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 291 (1787). 



Numenius major, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii. pt. i. p. 26 (1824). 



Numenius virgatus, Cuvier, Regne An. i. p. 521 (1829). 



Cracticornis arquatus [Linn.), Gray, List Gen. S^ Subgen. of Birds, p. 88 (1841). 



