i. ComMoN. 
COMMON CURLEW. Crass II. 
_ GENUS IV. 
CURLEW. 
Brut long, slender, incurvated, blunt. 
Nostrits linear, placed near the base. 
ToncuE short, sharp pointed. 
Tors connected as far as the first joint by a 
strong membrane. 
Numenius Arquata. N. ci- 
nerascente nigroque varius, 
pedibus .czrulescentibus, a- 
lis nigris maculis niveis. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 710. id. Syn. 
v. 119. id. Sup. i. 242, 
Le Corlieu. Belon av. 204. 
Arquata, sive numenius. Ges- 
ner av. 221. 
Arcase Torquato. Aldr. av. 
ili. 169. 
Wil. orn. 294. 
Rati Syn. av. 103. 
Le Courly. Brisson av. v. 
311. Hist. Pots. viii. 19% 
Pl. Enl. 818. 
Goisser, Brach-scknepf. Aram. 
350. Frisch, ii. 229. 
Scolopax arquata. Gm. Lin. 
655. — 
Faun. Suec. sp. 168. 
Danis Heel-spove. Regn. Spa- 
aer. Regn. Spove. Brunnich, 
158. 
Br. Zool. 118. Arct. Zool. ii. 
164. 
THESE birds frequent our sea coasts and 
marshes in the winter time in large flocks, walk- 
ing on the open sands ; feeding on frogs, shells, 
crabs, and other marine insects: In summer 
they retire to the mountanous and unfrequented 
parts of the country, where they pair and 
breed. 

