MADAGASCAR CURLEW. 
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Numenius Madagascariensis. Lath. Iiid. Orn. ii. 710. Briss. 
V. 321. 3.^;/. 18. 
Le Courlis de Madagascar. Buff. PI. Enl. 198. 
Madagascar Curlew. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 121. 
This bird also greatly resembles tlie Common 
Curlew, is a native of Madagascar, and is thus noticed 
by Latham : Size of our Curlew : the bill much the 
same, but very little bent, except towards the tip : on 
the head, neck, and upper parts, the feathers are 
chiefly brown with grey margins : the upper tail 
covert rufous grey marked with some transverse bands 
of grey, and others parallel to the margin : chin, 
belly, thighs, and vent white : breast and sides yel- 
lowish, dashed with brown ; the last barred trans- 
versely with the same : the first three quills are plain 
black ; the fourth spotted on the inner web, and the 
others on both webs ; the secondaries much the same, 
but the ground colour grey : tail grey, barred with 
brown : leers red-brown. 
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