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威氏鷸
濱鳥也,小而肥 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
威氏鷸(拉丁學名︰Gallinago delicata),濱鳥也,小而肥。出美加之澤地中,窠甚隱蔽,千百為群,飛集有度。羽毛多棕,雜以淡白,頭頗類鴷,喙黑,觜長如錐,凡數寸。目紋黑,足青灰,翼甚尖,狀甚可愛。以蟲、蚓、植料為食,常處泥澤。求愛之時,雄者高飛,盤旋天上,復入水中,以作殊音,雌者聽耳,擇而適之。入冬之時,群而南徒,俟春夏之際,方復還耳。遇敵寇犯,伏於田間,以惑之耳。敵近,則群而曲飛,擾其心神,故非彊者,莫之能獵。
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貌似田鷸,髣若同類,細察其身,方知有別。翼緣帶白,異乎田鷸;尾羽有八,非同田鷸之七。