And is preserved in tlic interesting and beautiful col- 
Icdion of Miss Hester Meyrick of Beaumaris in 
Anglesey, A mistake seems to have occurred in the 
excellent ornithology of Mr, Latham, where instead of 
coYpore fusco alho striaio^ should be read capiie fusco^ &c. 
and the bird should (at least according to the present 
specimen) be rather defined thus: Nimenius rostro pedi^ 
husqucfusciSy capiic el gutture fuscis albo striatisd' 
Mr. Davies adds, Might not the appearance of 
this species on the coast of Suffolk formerly, have given 
origin to W’hat we read in Willoughby’s Ornithology^ 
p. 294. 
A Curlew, lie slic white, be she black, 
“ She carries twelve-pence on her back.” 
what else can that saying mean ?” 
In addition to what Mr. Davies has said, J shall 
observe, that it cannot escape the attention of every 
naturalist, that, excepting in the generic particular of 
the naked front, tliis bird bears a very striking general 
resemblance, both in size and colour, to the Tanialid 
tngnem and Tanlalus Falcincllus^ the former of which has 
occasionally been observed in this country. 
