LIMICOLjE. 



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Steller in the Kurile Islands (Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 168) . 

 It appears to be a resident on the coasts of Southern Japan and a 

 summer visitor to Yezzo. There are no examples in the Swinhoe 



Nuntenius arquatus- 



collection from Hakodadi ; but there are six in the Pryer collection 

 from Yokohama. I have also an example obtained by Mr. Owston 

 in the Yokohama market in April ; and it has been recorded from 

 the Loo-Choo Islands (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1863, 

 p. 321). 



The range of the Curlew extends from the British Islands across 

 Europe and Southern Siberia to Japan, but, as already explained, 

 eastern examples differ slightly from western ones. 



316. NUMENIUS CYANOPUS. 

 (AUSTRALIAN CURLEW.) 



Numenius cyanopus, Vieillot, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 306 (1817). 



The Australian Curlew is a large bird (tarsus more than three 



