WHIMBREL— GREEN-SHANK CURLEW. 163 



The Whimbrel, grallator with bill arch'd and long, 

 Was also seen lifting his head 'midst the throng. 



about the size of the Green Shank ; it has been killed in 

 Lincolnshire. 



The Phaeopus, Whimbrel, Curlew-knot, Curlew- Jack , Half' 

 Curlew, Stone-Curlew, has an arched bill about three inches 

 long ; the body is brownish ; length eighteen inches. This bird 

 has all the manners of the Curlew. Migrates, arriving in this 

 country in August, and continuing through the winter. Inha= 

 bits Europe and America. 



The Glottis, Green-Shank, Green-Legged Horseman, or 

 Greater Plover, has the bill about two inches and a half long ; legs 

 greenish and very long; inhabits Europe, Africa, and America. 

 Length fourteen inches. Migrates ; seen in small flocks on our 

 coasts in winter, and in fens and marshes contiguous to the sea. 

 Breeds in Sweden, Russia, and Siberia. It has also been seen 

 in Africa and America. 



The Arquala, Common Curlew, Curlew or Wheap, varies 

 much in size, weighing from twenty to upwards of thirty ounces; 

 length of the largest about twenty-five inches. The bill is from 

 six to seven inches long, dusky black; wings blackish, with 

 snowy spots ; body above, and breast, with dusky brown spots ; 

 chin, rump, and beneath, white; legs long, bluish ; feeds on 

 worms and marsh insects, and frequents also the sea-shore. 

 Inhabits Europe, Asia, and Africa, and common in winter on 

 the sea-coasts of this country ; in summer they retire to the 

 mountains, where they pair and breed ; they make no nest, but 

 deposit their eggs amongst heath, rushes, or long grass ; gene- 

 rally four in number, pale olive, spotted with brown ; flesh by 

 some thought good, but often rank and fishy. Another variety, 

 diversified with rufous and black, found in North America. 



The common notes of this bird are hoe, hoe, hoe ; it utters also 

 corlew occasionally, whence its name. Whether Miss Williams 

 be justified in calling the sounds which this bird utters a 



