CURLEW. 127 



the fourth plain ; from the fifth to the ninth white on the outer 

 margins : the fecond coverts tipped with white 1 edge of the 

 wing white and grey mixed : legs black. 



This bird inhabits the marihes and other moifl grounds of pie Place. 



Cape of Good Hope ; and flies in flocks. 



Pygmy Curlew, Gen. Birds, p. 64. pi- II. 10. 



PYGMY C. 

 CIZEof a Lark. Bill black; bent like that of the Curlew: Description. 



head, back, and coverts of the wings, mixed with brown, 

 ferruginous, and white : primaries dufky, edged with white : 

 bread, belly, and rump, white : tail dufky ; the exterior feathers 

 edged with white : legs black. 



Inhabits Holland. Plage. 



Genus 



