§ COLO PAX 



COMMON - 



AROUATA. 



CURLEPF. 



Generic Character. 



Bill long, curved. 

 Noftrils linear. 

 Tongue fhort, pointed. 



Toes connected to the firft joint by a ftrong membrane. 



Synonyms. 



Scolopax Arquata. Lin. Syjl. 1. p. 242. 



Common Curlew. Br. Zool. 2. 176. tab. 63. Lath, 



Syn. 5. p. 119. Bewick's Br. Birds , 

 Pi. 2. p. 63. Mont. Orn. Ditf, 



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T H I S bird varies much in fize, having been found to 

 weigh from twenty to thirty ounces and upwards ; ufual length 

 about two feet ; bill from fix to feven inches long, regularly 

 curved, in fubftance tender, ' flexible at the point, which 

 terminates abruptly; legs long, and bare of feathers to 

 half-way up the thigh; toes thick, flat on the under fide, each 

 fide of the claws is furnifhed with a narrow membraneous 

 edging, Colours of the female rather paler than in the male. 



The Curlew is a very common bird, vifiting our coafts 

 by thoufands in the cold months, in the fpring it retires to the 



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