. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SCOLOPACID^. 627. THE COMMON CURLEW. Num£nius arquata (Linnaeus). This species is to be found during the whole year wherever sand and mud-flats or rocks covered with sea-weed are left exposed by the receding tide; for even in spring, when the adults retire inland, their places are taken by a few immature birds which remain during the summer. The Curlew still breeds on the moors of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, sparingly in Dorset, Wilts and Hants, freely in Wales and the neighbouring cflunties, and on the high ground northwards (including the Is
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SCOLOPACID^. 627. THE COMMON CURLEW. Num£nius arquata (Linnaeus). This species is to be found during the whole year wherever sand and mud-flats or rocks covered with sea-weed are left exposed by the receding tide; for even in spring, when the adults retire inland, their places are taken by a few immature birds which remain during the summer. The Curlew still breeds on the moors of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, sparingly in Dorset, Wilts and Hants, freely in Wales and the neighbouring cflunties, and on the high ground northwards (including the Isle^f Man) as far as the Border; also on low-lying heaths, such as Thorne Waste in South Yorkshire. It is even more generally distributed over the mainland of Scotland, as well as in the Orkneys and Shetlands, but is not positively known to nest in the Outer Hebrides, though it occurs there in autumn and winter. In Ireland it is common throughout the year. The Curlew is only a straggler to the Faeroes, and is almost unknown in Iceland, where its representative in summer is the Whimbrel; but it breeds more or less plentifully in Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, North Germany, Denmark, Holland and Flanders, 3 c 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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