Extinct
Numenius borealis
- 51.3 × 35.5 mm
Breeds in Canada, United States
Olive-buff to greenish, boldly spotted and blotched with dark brown over grey, somewhat heavier at the larger end (Whimbrel-like).
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 36 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 7. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 406.
- Description
- Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
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