P LATE CLXIX. 



SCOLOPAX PYGMiEA. 



PIGMY CURLEW. 

 Grall^. 



Bill roundifii, obtufe, longer than the head ; noftrils linear : face 

 covered : feet four toed, hind toe confilling of many joints. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Arched bill and legs black : body varied with ferruginous brown 

 and white, beneath white. 



ScoLOPAX Pygmjsa : rofiro arcuato pedibufque nigris, corpore 



ex ferrugineo, fufco et albo vario, fubtus albo. 

 GmeL Syjl. Nat. 6b 5, 20. 



NuMENius Pygmeus: fufco ferrugineo alboque variegatus, cor- 

 pore fubtus uropygioque albo, remigibus re6lri- 

 cibufque exterioribus albo marginatis. Lafh. 

 hid. Orn, 713, 11. 



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