NUMENIUS ARQUATA, 
COMMON-CURLEW. 
Generic Character. 
Bill long, curved. 
Nostrils linear. 
Tongue short, pointed. 
Toes connected to the first joint by a strong mem- 
brane. 
Synonyms. 
NuMENius Arquata. Lath. Ind. Orn, 710. 
ScoLOPAx Arquata. Lin. S^st. I. p. 242. 
Common Curlew, Br. Zool. 2. 176. tab. 63. Lath. 
Si/n. 5. p. 119, Bewick's B7\ Birds, 
Pt. 2. p. 63. Mont. Orn. Diet, 
JL H I S bird varies much in size, having been found to 
weigh from twenty to thirty ounces and upwards; usual 
length about two feet ; bill from six to seven inches long, 
regularly curved, in substance 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 side, 
each side of the claws is furnished with a narrow mem- 
braneous edging. Colours of the female rather paler than 
in the male. 
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