. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . cle, and after raising their broods, start on the migra-tion southward, crossing to Labrador, where several naturalistshave found them in great abundance. But though so abundant intliat region, comparatively few pass southward through the MaritimeProvinces, and they are reported as uncommon all along theAtlantic shore of the United States ; so it is supposed that thelarger number fly direct from Labrador to South America, overwhich country they roam during the winter, ranging to its south-ernmost point. Dr. Coues, who met with
. A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada . cle, and after raising their broods, start on the migra-tion southward, crossing to Labrador, where several naturalistshave found them in great abundance. But though so abundant intliat region, comparatively few pass southward through the MaritimeProvinces, and they are reported as uncommon all along theAtlantic shore of the United States ; so it is supposed that thelarger number fly direct from Labrador to South America, overwhich country they roam during the winter, ranging to its south-ernmost point. Dr. Coues, who met with large numbers of these birds in Labra-dor, states that their principal food was crowberry, or curlew-berry, as the natives call it; but they also fed extensively on asmall snail which adhered to the rocks on the sea-shore and wereleft uncovered at low tide. Mr. G. H. Mackay, in his interesting biography of the species,says the birds are met with on the uplands, as well as on the sea-shore, feeding on insects and seeds, much after the habit of someof the CURLEW ferruginea. Char. Bill long, slender, and decurved. Adult in summer-, uppetparts mottled black, gray, and rufous; wings and tail ashy gray; tail-coverts pale buff barred with black; under parts rich chestnut. Adult inwinter: upper parts grayish brown; tailcoverts white; under partswhite ; chest with a few indistinct streaks of gray. Young : like adult inwinter, but feathers of upper parts margined with buff; neck streakedwith brown. Length about 834 inches. Nest. On the margin of a lake or stream; a slight depression, linedwith dry grass. ^gS^- — ?i pale grayish or greenish buffy, spotted with deep brown,etc.; X {Ridgway). Of this species very little is known. It is found on the sea-coast and by the borders of lakes, and is sometimes seen in theinterior of the countries it frequents. Like most species of thegenus, it is migratory in the spring and autumn, and at suchtimes proceeds i
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