NUMENIUS PHCEOPUS. 
WHIMBREL, 
Generic Character. See Numenius Arquata. 
NuMENius PhceopuSj rostro nigro pedibus coerules^ 
centibus^ maculis dorsalibus fuscis rhom- 
boidalibus^ uropygio albo. 
Whimbrel, Bill blacky legs bliieish, back with 
rhomboid brown spots^ rump white. 
Numenius Phceopus. Lath. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 711^ 
Numenius Minor. Brisson Av. v, 5. 317. t. 27. 
ScoLOPAx Phceopus. Lin. Syst. v. 1. p. 24:3. GmeU 
Lin. Syst. v. 2. p. 657. 
Arquata Minor, Raii Syn. Av. p. 103. Will. Orn. 
p. 217. 
Phceopus Altera^ vel Arquata Minor. Gesner 
Av. 499. 
Le petit CourliS;, ou Le Courlieu. Buffon Hist. 
dVis. V. 8. p. 27. 
CouRLis CoRLiEu. Temm. Man. Orn. ed. 2. pt. 2, 
p. 604. 
Whimbrel. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 2. p. 36. Arct. 
Zool. V. 2. p. 462. Edward's Birds, 
t. 307. Lath. Syn. v. 5. p. 123. Lewin's 
Br. Birds, v. 4. t. 154. Don. Br. Birds, 
V. 3. t. 72. Mont. Orn. Diet. Bewick'^ 
Br. Birds, pt. 2. p. 65. 
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IjENGTH about seventeen or eighteen inches, and it 
weighs t\yelve to fourteen ounces ; bill about two inches 
