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O R D. I. G E N. IV. CURLEW. 



SPE. II. WHIMBREL. 

 PI. 155. 



Scolopax Phasopus. Lin. Syfl I. p. 243- 



Le Courlieu, ou petit Courly. Brif. Orn. V. p. 3 17. 



This fpecies is much fmaller than the preceding, feldom exceeding twelve 

 ounces in weight, or fixteen inches in length, but refembles it very much in 

 colour. The upper parts are light brown, ftreaked with dulky , and the fea- 

 thers fpotted on the edges with a paler hue : the lower part of the back and 

 rump white : the upper tail coverts barred with dulky bars : tail brown, barred 

 with darker brown : quills duiky black, fpotted on the inner edge with white : 

 all the under parts, from the breaft, dulky white : legs black. 



This bird is lefs common than the curlew. It is fometimes met with in vaft 

 flocks, in April and May, paffing towards the north; though feveral pairs are 

 known to breed in England. Its manners are the fame as thole of the curlew ; 

 and the eggs are very fimilar, but fmaller : fee PI. XXXV. Fig. 2. 



