38. Premy 
CuRLEW. 
DeEscrIp- 
TION. 
PYGMY CURLEW. Crass Il. 
and upper part of the belly, whitish brown, 
marked with streaks of black pointing down, 
‘with narrow streaks on the neck; broad on the 
belly; lower belly and vent white; back and 
coverts of the wings dusky; the sides of each 
feather spotted with reddish white; the lower 
part of the back white; the rump white barred 
with black; the tail barred with dusky and 
white ; the quil feathers black, with large white 
spots on the inner webs, the secondaries have 
them on both webs; the legs black. 
Numenius pygmeus. N. fus- albo marginatis. Lath. Ind. 
co ferrugineo alboque varie- orn. 713. id. Syn. v. 127. 
gatus, corpore subtus uro- id. Sup. i. 291. note o. 
pygioque albo, remigibus Boys’s Sandwich, 850. 
rectricibusque exterioribus 
(SIZE of a lark. Bill black, bent like that of 
the curlew; the head, back, and coverts of the 
wings, mixed with brown, ferruginous, and 
white ; the primaries dusky, edged with white ; 
the breast, belly, and rump, white; the tail 
dusky ; the exterior feathers edged with white ; 
the legs black. The above description is taken 
from a specimen brought from Holland. 
Only one instance* occurs of this rare bird 
* Another has since been met with at Greenwich in Au- 
gust. J.L. 
