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CURLEW. 



GENUS LXXIX— CURLEW. 



1 Common 

 A Var. 



2 Long-billed 



3 Madagascar 



4 Luzonian 

 A Var. . 



5 Otaheite 



6 White-headed 

 A Var. 



7 Whimbrel 



8 Hudsonian 



9 Brazilian 



10 Eskimaux 



11 Cape 



12 Pygmy 



13 Chili 



14 Collared 



15 Derhomai 



JjILL long, incurvated. 



Nostrils linear, longitudinal, near the base. 



Tongue short, sharp-pointed. 



Face covered with feathers. 



Toes connected as far as the first joint, in the greater part of the 

 Species. 



1.— COMMON CURLEW. 



Numenius Arquata, Ind. Orn. ii. 710. Gerin. iv. t. 440. 



Scolopax Arquata, Lin. i. 242. Faun. suec. No. 168. It. Scan. 333. Gin. Lin. i. 655; 



Brun. p. 22. Kram. 350. 1. Frisch, t. 224. Sepp, t. p. 109. Borowsk. iii. S. 



t. 51. Faun. Helvet. Tern. Man. 383. Id. Ed. 2d. 604. 

 Der grosse Brachvogel, Sclimid, Vog. 121. t. 106. 

 Numenius, Bris. v. 311. Id. 8vo. ii. 289. Rail, 103. A. 1, Will. 216. t. 54. Klein, 



109. Id. Stem. 24. t. 24. f. 3. Id. Ov. 31. t 11. f. 5. Schcef. El. t. 50. 

 Der Krummschnabel, Naturf. xiii. 210. Id. xxv, 23. — Keulhahn. 

 Le Courlis, Buf. viii. 19. PI. enl. 818. Voy. en Barb. i. 278. 

 Die Doppelschnepfe, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 73. t. v. 

 Common Curlew, Gen. Syn. v. 119. Id. Sup. 242. Br.Zool.n. No. 176. pi. 63. 



Id.fol. 118. Id. 1812. ii. p. 34. pi. 8. Arct. Zool. ii. 462. A. Will. Engl. 294. 



pi. 54. ^4/6. i. pi. 79. Collins's Anat. ii. pi. 21. Cook's last Voyage, i. p. 220. 



Bewiclc, ii. t. p. 54. Leivin, Birds, iv. pi. 153. /rf. pi. xxvi. f. 1. — the egp-. 



Wale. Syn. ii. pi. 133. Pult. Dors. p. 14. Graves, Br. Orn. Shaw's Zool. 



Lect. i. t. 77. Orn. Diet. 3f Siipp. 



THE general length of this bird is two feet; and weight from 

 twenty to thirty ounces. The bill from six to seven inches long, 

 dusky black, base of the under mandible flesh-colour; irides hazel ; 



