. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. CURLEW SANDPIPER. Tringa ferruginea. Char. Bill long, slender, and decurved. Adult in summer upper parts mottled Ijlack, gray, and rufous; wings and tail ashy gray; tail- covcrts pale buflf Ixured with black; under parts rich chestnut. Adult in winter: u])per parts grayish brown; tail-coverts white; under |)arts white ; chest with a few indistinct streaks of gray. Young : like adult in winte
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. CURLEW SANDPIPER. Tringa ferruginea. Char. Bill long, slender, and decurved. Adult in summer upper parts mottled Ijlack, gray, and rufous; wings and tail ashy gray; tail- covcrts pale buflf Ixured with black; under parts rich chestnut. Adult in winter: u])per parts grayish brown; tail-coverts white; under |)arts white ; chest with a few indistinct streaks of gray. Young : like adult in winter, but feathers of upper parts margined with buff; neck streaked with brown. Length about S^ inches. /\ On the margin of a lake or stream; a slight depression, lined with dry grass. Ac^f- — ?» " P'llc grayish or greenish buffy, spotted with deeji brown, etc.; X \.0^" (Nidi^'ivay). 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 the interior of the countries it frequents. Eike most species of the genus, it is migratory in the spring and autiunn, and at such times proceeds in flocks along the coast or on the borders of large rivers. The food of this bird is usually small insects and worms, as well as the herbage of some of the sea weeds {Fiici). So wide are the devious wanderings of this cos- mopolite pigmy that Temminck obtained a specimen from. 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 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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