Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Curlew

Ad. - Upper parts grayish brown, the sides of the feathers with whitish spots; rump and tail barred with buffy and blackish; inner web of outer primaries and both webs of inner ones barred with buffy or whitish and black; under parts buffy or whitish, the neck and breast streaked and the sides and under wing-coverts barred with black. L., 17.00; W., 9.50; Tar., 2-20; B., 3.75.

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