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LUZON IAN CUR LEW. 
(Nunienius Luzoniensis.) 
Nu. albus, capite colloque striis, abdomine caudaque Jasciis iiigris, 
dorso fusco macnlis albis, vertice nigro. 
White Curlew, with striae on the head and neck, and fasciae on 
the abdomen, and on the tail black, the back brown with white 
spots, the top of the head black. 
Nunienius Luzoniensis. Lath. Ind. Or?i. ii. 711. 
ScoJopax Luzoniensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 656. 
Le Courlis tachete de I'isle de Lu9on. Buff. Ois. viii. p. 32. Sonn. 
Voy. 85.pl. 48. 
Luzonian Curlew. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 122. 
The Luzonian Curlew is considerably smaller than 
the common species : the top of its head is black ; 
the rest of the head, neck, and breast white, longitu- 
dinally streaked with black ; and the belly with lu- 
nulated bands of the same : the primaries are black : 
the wing coverts and back amber coloured ; with from 
two to six white spots on the margin of every feather : 
the tail is vinaceous grey, barred with black. Inhabits 
Luzonia. 
OTAHEITE CURLEW. 
(Numenius tahitiensis.) 
Nu. albo-ruhescens , collo striis nigris, dorso tectricibusque alarum 
nigricante ct albido iindulatis, caudd basi macuUs ad apiccmj}is~ 
ciis nigris. 
