. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . *■( y ■ 1- Taken at Cedar Foint. Photo by the Autho NEST AND EGGS OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. THE SET IS INCOMPT,ETE BUT TWO APPEAR TO MAKE A NESTFUL. 534 THE CURLEW. No. CURLEW. A. O. U. No. 264. Numenius longirostris Wils. Synonym.—SickIvB-bill. Description.—Adult: General color ochraceous-buff to pale cinnamon-rufous; upper parts varied with dusky, in broad streaks on crown, in narrowstreaks on sides of head and neck, in heavy, central, herring-bone,
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . *■( y ■ 1- Taken at Cedar Foint. Photo by the Autho NEST AND EGGS OF THE SPOTTED SANDPIPER. THE SET IS INCOMPT,ETE BUT TWO APPEAR TO MAKE A NESTFUL. 534 THE CURLEW. No. CURLEW. A. O. U. No. 264. Numenius longirostris Wils. Synonym.—SickIvB-bill. Description.—Adult: General color ochraceous-buff to pale cinnamon-rufous; upper parts varied with dusky, in broad streaks on crown, in narrowstreaks on sides of head and neck, in heavy, central, herring-bone, connected barson back and tertials, and so variously mottled throughout, only the outer webs ofouter primaries being of sohd color,—dusky; below sharply streaked on breastand sides, sometimes sparingly barred with blackish, the ground color reachingIts greatest purity and intensity on axillars; bill very long, considerably decurvedtoward tip; the culmen brownish dusky, the lower mandible yellow at base anddarkening toward tip; feet and legs stout, dark; claws short and broad. (508.
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