CURLEW. 181 



11— CAPE CURLEW. 



Numenius Africanus, Ind. Orn. ii. 712. 



Scolopax Africana, Gm. Lin. i. 055. 



Tringa subarquata, Tern. Man. 393. Id. Ed. ii. 609. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 193. 



Numenius Pygmaeus, Bechst. Deutsch. Ed. 2d. iv. 148. 



Cape Curlew, Gen. Syn. v. 126. 



LESS than the Common Snipe. Bill long, and bent, but less 

 so than in the Curlew; colour blackish brown; the crown of the 

 head, hind part of the neck, and upper parts of the body cinereous; 

 the face as far as the eyes, the chin, fore part of the neck, rump, and 

 belly white; breast cinereous, spotted with ferruginous; the quills 

 brown, with white shafts ; from the first to the fourth plain ; from 

 the fifth to the ninth white on the outer margins ; the second coverts 

 tipped with white; edge of the wing white and grey mixed; the 

 legs are black. 



Inhabits the marshes and other moist grounds of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, flying in flocks ; found also in Java, and is there called 

 Maya tan. 



12— PYGMY CURLEW. 



Numenius Pygmseus, Ind. Orn. ii. 713. 



Scolopax pygmseus, Gm. Lin. i. 655. Bechst. Nat. Yn. p. 87. 

 Tringa platyrhineha, Becasseau platyrhinque, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 616. 

 Scolopax subarquata, N. C. Petr. xix. 471. t. 18 ? Gm. Lin. i. 65S. 

 Le plus petit des Courlis, Son. Buf. xxii. p. 245. 

 Alouette de Mer, PI. enl. 851 ? 



Pygmy Curlew, Gen. Syn. v. 127. Id. Sup. 291. Note o. Gen. of Birds, p. 64. pi. 

 155. Br. Zool. 1812. ii. p. 38. Boys's Sandw. ii. pi. 135. Orn. Diet. $ Supp. 



SIZE of a Lark ; length eight inches and a half; breadth fifteen 

 and a half; weight nearly two ounces ; bare part above the knee one 

 inch ; from thence to the toes two more. Bill one inch and a half, 



