Clafs tt WHIMBREL; 34; 



are black, but the inner webs fpotted with white : 

 the tail white, tinged with red and beautifully barred 

 with black ; the legs are long, ftrong, and of a bluifti 

 grey color : the bottoms of the toes flat and broad, 

 to enable it to walk on the foft mud, in fearch of 



Food, 



II. The W H I M B R E L"; 



^h^opus altera, vel arquata mi- Windfpole, Spof. Faun. Suec.jp* 



nor. Gefner av. 499. 1 69. 



Tarangolo,Giraidello. Aldr. av. Kleiner GoifTcr. Kram. 350. 



iii. 1 80. Le petit Courly, ou le Courlieu, 



WiL orn. 294. Numenius minor. Brijfon a*j. r. 



Rail fyn. a<v . 103. 3*7- ta ^' 2 7- 



Ediv.wv. 307. Dams Mellem-Spove. "Nornieg, 



Scolopax PhagopuSo Lin. fyft. Smaae Spue. Br. 159. 



243. Br. Zoo/. 1 19. 



THE whimbrel is much lefs frequent on out* 

 fhores than the curlew ; but its haunts, food, 

 and general appearance are much the fame : the fpecl- 

 fic difference is the fize •, this never exceeding the 

 weight of twelve ounces. The bill is two inches three- Defeas 

 quarters long ; dufky above, red below : the feathers 

 on the head and neck are brown tinged with 3 red^ 

 marked in the middle with an oblong black fpot i the 

 cheeks of a paler color : the upper part of the back* 

 the coverts of the wings, the fcapulars and the far- 

 theft quil -feathers are of the fame color with the neck* 

 but the black fpots fpread out tranfverfely on each 

 web: the quil-feathers dufky -, their fhafts white; 

 and their exterior webs marked with large femicircu- 

 lar white fpots. The breaft, belly, and lower part of 



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