NUMENIUS. 179 



ed. 3, ii. p. 630 j Gould, i. Introd. p. cxi; Harting 

 p. 145 ; Dresser, viii. p. 331. 

 Esquimaux Curlew, Yarr. ed. 1, 2nd suppl. p. 36. 



Boredlis = northern ; from jSopeas = the north wind. 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. Common in North 

 and Central America, and found in South America as far 

 south as Buenos Ayres. 



Numenius phaopus. Whimbeel. 



Scolopax Phseopus, Iahtkbus, S. N. i. p. 243 (1766) . 



Numenius phseopus, Naum. viii. p. 506; Macg. iv. p. 253; 



Gray, p. 154; Gould, iv. pi. 49 ; Harting, p. 53 ; Dresser, 



viii. p. 227. 

 Numenius phoeopus, Hewitson, p. 324 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 583 ; 



id. ed. 3, ii. p. 616. 

 The Whimbrel, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 516. 



PhtBopas, the mediseval name ; from (paios = dusky, and ttows = a foot. 



The Whimbrel has a wide range in Great Britain duriag 

 migration, and breeds in the Orkneys ; it occurs throughout 

 Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



Numenius arquata. Cuelew. 



Scolopax Arquata, Linntsus, S. N. i. p. 242 (1766). 

 Numenius arquata, Naum. viii. p. 478, xiii. p. 248 ; Macg. 



iv. p. 243; Hewitson, p. 322; Gi-ay, p. 153; Yarr. 



ed. 2, ii. p. 577; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 610; Gould, iv. pi. 48. 

 Numenius arquatus, Harting, p. 53; Dresser, viii. p. 243. 

 The Common Curlew, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 510. 



Arquata, the mediseval name. It is generally said (e. g. by Gesner, H. A. 

 lib. iii. p. 196, ed. 1617) to be derived from the bird's bill being bent Uke a bow , 

 arcm ; but it more likely refers to arquatus morbus = the jaundice (" when the 

 skin turns to the yellow colour of the rainbow "), in allusion to the legend about 

 Charadrius, Galbula, Icterus, &o. 



Common on the coasts throughout Great Britain. It is 

 generally distributed through Europe, Asia, and Africa, and 

 breeds on some of the moors in Scotland. 



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