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22 1. Numenius arquatus (L.). 
Numenius lineatus D. & O. p. 457. 
Numenius arquatus La T. p. 581. 
Curlew are met with in spring from the last decade in 
March to the end of May, and pass again very early in July. 
I have heard them calling at night as early as the end of 
June, but it may he that birds heard so early in the season 
were wanderers from neighbouring breeding-grounds. I saw 
three undoubted Common Curlew on the 21st of April, 1912, 
and the collectors recorded seeing them from the 31st of 
March to the 28th of May, and shot one out of three on the 
28th of August, 1917 ; but, as a rule, the Curlew in this 
vicinity keep to the inaccessible mud-flats, and it is difficult 
to ascertain with certainty whether the birds belong to this 
or the following species. 
The Curlew passes Newchwang on migration. 
222. Numenius cyanopus Vieillot. 
Numenius tahitiensis D. & O. p. 458. 
Numenius cyanopus La T. p. 581. 
The Eastern Curlew was noted in 1913 from the 12th of 
April to the 3rd of May. It is very probable that the birds 
heard at night in summer are of this species. I have seen 
them in September. 
This Curlew breeds, I believe, on the plains near 
Newchwang. 
223. Numenius phaeopus variegatus Scop. 
Numenius phceopus D. & O. p. 457. 
Numenius variegatus La T. p. 581. 
The collectors recorded the Eastern Whimbrel throughout 
May 1913. I have seen it passing on the 27th of August 
and on other dates. It is quite a common migrant both in 
spring and in early autumn. 
I noticed this bird on migration at Newchwang. 
224. Mesoscolopax minutus (Gould). 
Numenius minutus D. & O. p. 458. 
Mesoscolopax minutus La T. p. 581. 
The Little Curlew passes in spring during the latter half 
