. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . THE COMMON BITTERN. OF THE SNIPE TRIBE IX GENERAL. In this tribe the bill is long, slender, weak, and straight. Thenostrils are linear, and lodged in a furrow. The head is entirelycovered with feathers. The feet have each four toes, the hind one ofwhich is very short, and consists of seve
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . THE COMMON BITTERN. OF THE SNIPE TRIBE IX GENERAL. In this tribe the bill is long, slender, weak, and straight. Thenostrils are linear, and lodged in a furrow. The head is entirelycovered with feathers. The feet have each four toes, the hind one ofwhich is very short, and consists of several joints. THE CURLEW. These birds differ much in size; some of them weighing thirty-seven,and others not twenty-two ounces. The head, neck, andcoverts 320 TUE of the wings are of a pale brown color, and the middle of each feathei is black. The breast and bellj arewhite, marked with narrow oblongblack lines. The back is white,spotted with a few black strokes. Thequill-feathers are black, but the innerwebs are spotted with white. Thetail is white, tinged with red, andbeautifully barred with black. Thelegs are long, strong and of a bluishgray ^e flocks of Curlews are frequently seen, in the winter season,on the sea-coasts, running about upon the sands, and feeding onsliell-fish, crabs, and marine insects: they are also found in marshes,where they subsist on small frogs, snails, insects, and worms. Theirbill is so long, weak, and slender, that it is calculated only for into soft mud or earth, in search of prey. Both the English and French names of this bird are evidentlyderived from its cry.
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