. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. r- L n ^'' 164 Pl ACS. CURLEV7 AND W H I M B R E A. Curlew,^/-. Zool. ii. N" 176—Scolopax arquata, Faun. Suec. N" 168 Laiham, m. Le CourUs, /><; 5«^w, vui. ip.—P/. £r/. 818.—Lev. Mus.—Bl. Mus. Q^^ With an incurvated bill, feven inches long: head, and upper part of the wings pale brown, fpotted with black : back white: tail white, barred with black: legs blueilh. Weight from twenty- two to thirty-feven ounces. Inhabits Europe, as high as Lapmark * and Iceland^; and is found on the vaft plains oi Ruffia and Sibiria, quite to Ka
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. r- L n ^'' 164 Pl ACS. CURLEV7 AND W H I M B R E A. Curlew,^/-. Zool. ii. N" 176—Scolopax arquata, Faun. Suec. N" 168 Laiham, m. Le CourUs, /><; 5«^w, vui. ip.—P/. £r/. 818.—Lev. Mus.—Bl. Mus. Q^^ With an incurvated bill, feven inches long: head, and upper part of the wings pale brown, fpotted with black : back white: tail white, barred with black: legs blueilh. Weight from twenty- two to thirty-feven ounces. Inhabits Europe, as high as Lapmark * and Iceland^; and is found on the vaft plains oi Ruffia and Sibiria, quite to Kamtfchatka, ii IM PlACE. B. Whimbrel. Br. Zool. Vu N- , PLxopus. WIndrpoIe. Spof. Faun Suec. N° \f,<).—Latham, iii. Le Courlieu, ou petit Courlis,./). Buffon, vju. Mus. Q With a bill near three inches long: head marked lengthways by a whitifh line, bounded on each fide by one of black • neck, coverts of wings, and upper part of the back, pale brown* fpotted widi black : lower part of the back and the belly white • tail hght brown, barred with black: legs blueifh grey. Weight twelve ounces. Inhabits the fame places with the former. • Leem!, 243. + Brunnich, p. 45. XXXVIJU il Ii. 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 Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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