Abstract
IN the October number of British Birds another straggler is added to the British list-this time in the shape of the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), a small flock of which was observed towards the end of September, 1910, on Romney Marsh, Kent. Of these, an immature pair were shot on September 21, while an adult male was killed two days later. Two of them were examined in the flesh by Mr. M. J. Nicoll. Although stragglers have occurred in Heligoland, Holland, Belgium, northern France, and Germany, the slender-billed curlew is a native of the Mediterranean countries, whence it travels to Siberia to breed. Approximating in size to the whim-brel, the species is distinguished by its short and slender beak and the pear-shaped dark markings on the flanks. The colouring of the crown is unlike that of the whimbrel, showing black and buff streaks like those of the curlew.
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L., R. Bird-Notes . Nature 88, 190–191 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088190b0
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