... throat, and a band from the bill to the eye, light buff; general plumage pale reddish-brown ; head and neck streaked with dusky ; upper parts marked with blackish-brown ; tail barred with the same ; abdomen plain reddish-brown ; feet bluish. Length... The Birds of Long Island - Стр. 271авторы: Jacob Post Giraud - 1844 - Страниц: 397Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Henry William Herbert - 1873 - Страниц: 414
...; abdomen plain reddish-brown ; feet bluish. Length twenty-six inches, wing eleven. The bill of the specimen from which this description is taken, measures...is more abundant at the south. On ' Folly Island,' •bout twenty miles below Charleston, I am informed that many of them breed. They are regular visitors... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1848 - Страниц: 412
...inches, wing eleven. The bill of the specimen from which this description is taken, measures ei'^ht inches. The bills of individuals of this species vary,...that many of them breed. They are regular visitors at Egg Harbor and Long Island in the spring and summer, and have been seen in the latter place as late... | |
| Robert Barnwell Roosevelt - 1866 - Страниц: 348
...abdomen, plain reddishbrown ; feet, bluish. Length, twenty-six inches ; wing, eleven. The bill of the specimen from which this description is taken measures...at all times sufficient to determine the species." — Giraud. FUTE. Doe-bird. — Esquimaux Curlew. Numenius Borealis, Lath. This is an upland bird,... | |
| Robert Barnwell Roosevelt - 1884 - Страниц: 462
...abdomen, plain reddishbrown ; feet, bluish. Length, twenty-six inches; wing, eleven. The bill of the specimen from which this description is taken measures...all times sufficient to determine the species."— Giraud. FUTE. Dos-bird.—Esquimaux Curlew. Numenius Borealis, Lath. This is an upland bird, quite... | |
| Robert Barnwell Roosevelt - 1884 - Страниц: 458
...abdomen, plain reddishbrovvn ; feet, bluish. Length, twenty-six inches; wing, eleven. The bill of the specimen from which this description is taken measures...individuals of this species vary, but the length is .it all times sufficient to determine the species." — Giraud. FUTE. Doa-bird. — Esquimaux Curlew.... | |
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