. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 254 BIRDS OF AMERICA. Courltsy of Recreation mroSONIAN CURLEW ESKIMO CURLEW Numenius borealis (J. K. I-'nrster) A. O U. Number 266 See Color Plate 38 Other Names.— Fute ; Dough- or Doe-bird ; Little Curlew ; Prairie Pigeon. General Description.— Length, 15 inches. Color like that of the Hudsonian Curlew, but more reddish. Bill slender, curved, and about twice the length of head; toes, webbed at base. Color.— Upper parts, brownish-black variegated with pale cinnamon-brown; crown, without central light line: streak over eye of whitish; under parts, ta
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 254 BIRDS OF AMERICA. Courltsy of Recreation mroSONIAN CURLEW ESKIMO CURLEW Numenius borealis (J. K. I-'nrster) A. O U. Number 266 See Color Plate 38 Other Names.— Fute ; Dough- or Doe-bird ; Little Curlew ; Prairie Pigeon. General Description.— Length, 15 inches. Color like that of the Hudsonian Curlew, but more reddish. Bill slender, curved, and about twice the length of head; toes, webbed at base. Color.— Upper parts, brownish-black variegated with pale cinnamon-brown; crown, without central light line: streak over eye of whitish; under parts, tawny ocher to whitish, marked everywhere with dusky streaks, bars, or arrowhead spots, these markings very numerous except on chin; bill, black, paler at base below; feet, lead-gray; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Usually on the open plains ; a mere depression in the ground, lined with a few dry leaves or grass. Eggs: 4, ground color variable, from pale green, gray, or brown to olive-drab, with numerous bold markings of sepia and umber-brown, more crowded around large end. Distribution.— North and South America ; breeds on the Barren Grounds of northern Mackenzie; winters in .Argentina and Patagonia; now nearly extinct. It is a great pity that we must speak of the Eskimo Curlew in tlie past tense. Its disappear- ance is but another tribute to the effectiveness of modern fire-arms and the short-sighted selfish- ness of the average American hunter. In the seventies and early eighties Eskimo Curlews in countless numbers came annually to the coast of Massachusetts and earlierwriters mention themas being very plentiful in the Carolinas. Their sum- mer home was in the Barren Grounds and other regions in the northern part of North .'\merica. In autumn they collected in Newfoundland in enormous flocks. One observer declares that they came in millions that darkened the sky. After following down the coast to Nova Scotia they launched out over the ocean for South America, an
Size: 2034px × 1229px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorpearsont, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1923
