. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Limicolce 217 the north country generally. It is less common in Orkney and Shetland, hardly occurs in the Fseroes or Iceland, but is pretty abundant in northern and central Europe and thence reaches western Asia, where it meets a very similar ally. The Curlew is a streaky brown bird with a white rump and an extremely long decurved bill; it has a prolonged melancholy cry,. Curlew on nest easily recognised but hard to describe; it feeds on insects, worms, and so forth, as well as on berries from the moors and marine animals from the
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Limicolce 217 the north country generally. It is less common in Orkney and Shetland, hardly occurs in the Fseroes or Iceland, but is pretty abundant in northern and central Europe and thence reaches western Asia, where it meets a very similar ally. The Curlew is a streaky brown bird with a white rump and an extremely long decurved bill; it has a prolonged melancholy cry,. Curlew on nest easily recognised but hard to describe; it feeds on insects, worms, and so forth, as well as on berries from the moors and marine animals from the shore ; the nest is hardly more than a large shallow depression in the heather or grass, and the four fine pear-shaped eggs are olive-coloured or greenish with bold brown blotches or smaller 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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