. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . FAM. XXXIX. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 237. P. Wing, 10-12; bill, 5-8^ (very young, 2^5) ; axillars^ rich, dark buff, usually without any bars 27. Long-billed Curlew. P. Wing, 8i-10J ; bill, 2i|-4i; axillars barred. .28. Hudsonian Wing, 7f-8] ; bill, 2-2|^ ; axillars barred 29. Eskimo Curlew. 1. American Woodcock (228. Philbhela mhior). — A common,muddy-woocl-liviug, long-billed, short-legged, much-mottled,brown snipe, with eyesfar back on the head,and the back
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . FAM. XXXIX. SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 237. P. Wing, 10-12; bill, 5-8^ (very young, 2^5) ; axillars^ rich, dark buff, usually without any bars 27. Long-billed Curlew. P. Wing, 8i-10J ; bill, 2i|-4i; axillars barred. .28. Hudsonian Wing, 7f-8] ; bill, 2-2|^ ; axillars barred 29. Eskimo Curlew. 1. American Woodcock (228. Philbhela mhior). — A common,muddy-woocl-liviug, long-billed, short-legged, much-mottled,brown snipe, with eyesfar back on the head,and the back of thecrown with two darkcross stripes; the threeouter primaries are ab-ruptly shorter than thefourth and are pecul-iarly narrow and soft muddy placeswhere these game birdsget their food by theuse of their long, pli-able, sensitive bills areusually in or near woody tracts. These birds are particularlynoted for their nocturnal, spiral flights in the air, which havebeen called sky dances. They migrate by night to placeswhere soft ground is to be found. Length, 11; wing, 5^ {^-^) ] tail, 2\ ; tarsus, \\ ; culmen, 2^ North America, north to th
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