Curlew Small 286×320 Medium 572×640 Large 915×1024 Download Tiff Original 2438×2728 | (6.4 MB) Description These birds are characterized by their curved beaks. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquatic mollusks, etc., which they obtain by thrusting their long and slender bills into mud or moist earth. Keywords Aves, birds, Curlew, snipe, wading birds Galleries Birds: C Source: Worthington Hooker, Natural History (New York:Harper & Brothers, 1882) 178
