BIRDS. GRALL^. 53. Scolopax. 393 
in'hai)its the moift and inundated meadows of IluJ/on s Hay ; 
much Icis than the common curlew ; feeds on worms and 
berries. 
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Bill archedj black! lit -brown j legs brown; body cinefcouSj 
beneath avhite ; breail with rutly fpots. Cafe Curlew. 
Inhabits the Cape, of Coud Hope : (izc oi a fnipCi 
Hac.e and ruenh white ; edge of the wings mixed white and 
grey ; quill- feathers brown, with white ihafts ; fecOndary 
zcing-covcHs tipt with white. 
Arched bill and legs black; body varied with ferruginous, 
brown and white, beneath white. P‘gtny Curlew. 
Inhabits ; very rare in England ; fize of a lark. 
Rump white ; quill and outer tail-feathers edged with while. 
Arched bill and legs reddilh ; back with brown rhomboid, 
fpots. Madagafcar Curlew. 
Inhabits Madagafcar : in fizc and appearance relemblcs the 
next, except that the hill is Icfs arched; chin white, and fpots 
on the body more diftinft. 
Bill arched, blackifh ; legs bluellh ; wings blackilh, with 
fnowy fpots. Common Qirleic. 
Inliabits moilt and fenny places of Europe, Afia and Africa in 
hocks ; feeds on worms and marlb inlefts ; lays 4 olive, 
with brown fpots ; flefli goo<l. j i n 
I'Owcr mandible rcddifli at the bale ; body doov^ ^nd breajt 
with duiky brown ftreaks ; chin, ramp, belly and vent 
white ; quillfeathers black, within fpotted with white ; legs 
blucifh, toes flat and broad ; nearly 2 feet long. 
• Varied with rufous and black ; beneath pale rufous ; legs 
black ; wings black, with rcddifli fpots. 
Inhabits Xorth America. Body Icfs bill longer. 
ii, White ; head and neck with black ftreaks ; bell)|,and tail 
with black bands ; back brown, with white fpots ; 
crown black. Lu?.onian Curlew- 
Inhabits Luzonia ; Icfs than the laft. 
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^ Bill brown, reddlfli at the bafe ; kgs bluc-gfey ; cr vv 
brown ; eyebrows pale ; body rcddilh-whiW wi 
duiky ftreaks and fpots ; back black waved wnth white. 
•' ^ Otaheitf Curlew.- 
Y,ol. I. — 3 F. 
Inhabits 
