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WHIMBREL CURLEW. Cuass IL. 
2. Wutmm- Numenius Pheopus. N. ros- 
BREL. 
DescrIP- 
TION. 
_ tro nigro, pedibus czrule- 
scentibus, maculis dorsali- 
bus fuscis rhomboidalibus, 
uropygio albo. Lath. Ind. 
orn. 711. 7d. Syn. v. 123. 
Phzopus altera, vel arquata 
minor. Gesner av. 499. 
Tarangolo, Girardelle. Aldr. 
av. ill. 180. 
Wil. orn. 294. 
Rau Syn. av. 103. 
Edw av. 307. 
Scolopax Pheopus. Gm. Lin. 
657. 
Scopoli, No. 132. 
Windspole, Spof. Faun. Suec. 
sp. 169. 7 
Kleiner Goisser. Kram. 350. 
Kleine Art Brachvogel or Re- 
genvogel. Frisch, ii. 225. 
Le petit Courly, ou le Cour- 
minor. 
Brisson av. v. 317. tab. 27. 
Fist. dois. vii. 27. - Pl. 
Enl. 842. 
lieu. Numenius 
_ Danis Mellum-Spove. Nor- 
veg. Smaae Spue. Br. 159. 
Br. Zool. 119. Arct. Zool. ii. 
164. 
Caw, hank is much less frequent on our 
shores than the curlew; but its haunts, food, 
and general appearance, are much the same. 
It is observed to visit the neighborhood of 
Spalding (where it is called the Curlew knot) in 
vast flocks in April, but continues there no 
longer than JZay; nor is it seen there at any 
other time of the year: it seems at that season 
to be on its passage to its breeding place, which 
I suspect to be among the Highlands of Scot- 
land. | 
The specific difference is the size; this never 
exceeding the weight of twelve ounces.* The 
* The editor is informed by Dr. Latham that it sometimes 
