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  1. Wading bird Numenius phaeopus related to the
  2. curlew but with a shorter down-curved bill,
  3. streaked brown plumage, and striped head.
  4. About 40 cm/1.3 ft long, it breeds in the
  5. Arctic, and winters in Africa, South America,
  6. and S Asia.
  7.