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not obferved In tliofe which inhabit tlie frefli water 'maiflies. The two 

 fexes much reftmble each other. 



The Curlew varies in fize : it is ufaall y from twenty to about 

 twenty-four inches in length, and has a bill of an incurvate form, nearly 

 feven inches long; fometimes they occur much larger. We have the 

 head of one^ the bill of which is ten inches long, but the Curlew of 

 this jfize is not common, and it was for this reafon the head was pre- 

 ferved by a curious fportfman as a very fingular novelty. 



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