Whimbrel
in ornithology, the widely distributed from the N. of Europe and Asia to the N. of Africa and India, visiting England in its spring land in its spring and autumn migra- WHIMBREL tion, occasionally breeding in the Shetland Islands. It but is smaller, and has a proportionately It resembles the curlew shorter bill; length of male 16 inches, female somewhat larger; plumage streaks of brown on neck and breast; a band of yellowish white on middle of head, with a wider brown band on each side; belly and abdomen white; feathers of back in the middle, WHISKEY INSURRECTION bordered with brighter brown; tail ashy blackish, inclining to red at base; feet brown, with oblique brown bands; bill lead color. Its flesh is esteemed for the table, and its eggs are as highly valued as those of the plover. See CURLEW.
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