. The American sportsman: . ^^^i^il%_ .w^>^. ■»u»EMA«-mp[i,„«.aB CHAPTER XVI. ESQUIMAUX CURLEW, OR SHORT-BILLED CURLEW. SCOLOPAXBOREALIS. Soothed by the murmurs of the sea-beat shore,His dun-gray plumage floating to the gale,The curlew blends his melancholy wailWith those hoarse sounds the rushing waters pour. NOMENCLATURE AND DESCRIPTION. 9^^^ HIS large and handsome bird is known toour shooters as the jack curlew, or short-l)illed curlew, in contradistinction to theother variety, the Numenius longerostris,or long-billed curlew. The Esquimaux curlew is eighteeninches long and thirty-two inc
. The American sportsman: . ^^^i^il%_ .w^>^. ■»u»EMA«-mp[i,„«.aB CHAPTER XVI. ESQUIMAUX CURLEW, OR SHORT-BILLED CURLEW. SCOLOPAXBOREALIS. Soothed by the murmurs of the sea-beat shore,His dun-gray plumage floating to the gale,The curlew blends his melancholy wailWith those hoarse sounds the rushing waters pour. NOMENCLATURE AND DESCRIPTION. 9^^^ HIS large and handsome bird is known toour shooters as the jack curlew, or short-l)illed curlew, in contradistinction to theother variety, the Numenius longerostris,or long-billed curlew. The Esquimaux curlew is eighteeninches long and thirty-two inches in ex-tent ; the bill, which is four inches and ahalf long, is black towards the point, and a pale, purplish flesh-color near the base; upper part of the head dark brown, divided
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