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colour ; the two middle tail feathers rufous brown, barred with black ; 

 the others fine rufous, barred in the same manner ; legs dusky. The 

 female is a trifle smaller, and the markings less distinct, and bright. 



In the collection of Mr. Francillon, received from Mr. Abbot, 

 of Savannah, in Georgia. 



In another place* we described a Curlew from New York, which 

 differed from ours, chiefly in having a rufous brown tinge in the 

 plumage, and which seemed to approach much nearer the European 

 one than that last described, though less by one-third ; but should 

 this be admitted as a Variety, as well as some others which have been 

 thought so by authors, it would prove that the Curlew, properly so 

 called, inhabits, like the Snipe, almost every region of both the Old 

 and New Continent. 



The one last mentioned is found from New York to Hudson's Bay; 

 seen on the coasts and marshes of the latter the end of May ; makes 

 a nest with a few leaves scraped together, and lays three light blue 

 eggs, spotted with black ; the young hatched in July ; they then 

 retire again to the marshes, and finally leave the coast at the approach 

 of winter. 



3.— MADAGASCAR; CURLEW. 



Numenius Madagascariensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 710. Bris. v. 321. t. 28. Id. Svo. ii. 292. 

 Scolopax Madagascariensis, Lin. i. 242. Gm. Lin. i. 695. 

 Le Courly de Madagascar, PL enl. 198. 

 Madagascar Curlew, Gen. Syn. v. 121. 



SIZE of our Curlew.f Bill the same, but much less bent, except 

 at the tip ; the head, neck, and upper parts more or less brown, the 

 feathers margined with grey; upper tail coverts rufous grey; some 

 banded transversely with grey, and others parallel to the margins; 

 chin, belly, thighs, and vent white ; the breast and sides yellowish, 



* Gen. Syn. v. p. 120. f One sent from Georgia, by Mr. Abbot, was twenty- 



four inches long in all, of which the bill was seven inches. 



