. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. HUDSONIAN CURLEW. JACK CURLEW. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Char. Upper parts blackish brown mottled with buff, the latter pre- vailing on the wing-coverts; wings dusky; crown dusky brown, with median stripe of buff; stripe of brown on side of head ; rest of head, neck, and under parts light buff; breast spotted with brown. Length about 17 inches. A^
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Ornithology; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithologie; Ornithologie; Gibier; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques. HUDSONIAN CURLEW. JACK CURLEW. NUMENIUS HUDSONICUS. Char. Upper parts blackish brown mottled with buff, the latter pre- vailing on the wing-coverts; wings dusky; crown dusky brown, with median stripe of buff; stripe of brown on side of head ; rest of head, neck, and under parts light buff; breast spotted with brown. Length about 17 inches. A^d-j/. Usually near the margin of a lake or stream; a slight depression, lined with grass or leaves. £i,[il^s. 3-4; drab with a tint of green or buff, marked with several shades of brown , X The Short-Billed Curlew, after passing the winter south of the United States, arrives in large flocks on the coast of New Jersey early in May, frequenting the salt-marshes, muddy ponds, shoals, and inlets, feeding at this time on small worms, land and marine insects, fry, minute shell-fish, and some- times the seeds of aquatic vegetables, which it usually col- lects at the recess of the tide in company with various other 1. 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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