Shore Birds. 



249. Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa). L. 18; B. 4; 



slightly recurved. Tail barred, cinnamon and black; 

 under wing-coverts cinnamon with more or less fine 

 black markings. Ads. Above black and ochraceous; 

 below buffy white finely and uniformly barred with 

 black. Yng. Similar, but with no or with but few 

 bars below. 



Range. — North America; breeds in the interior from western Min- 

 nesota, rarely Iowa and Nebraska northward; winters south of United 

 States to Central America and West Indies. 



250. Pacific Godwit (Limosa I apponicabaueri). L.16. 

 B. 3.7, slightly recurved, tail barred black and white; 

 under wing-coverts black and white. Ads. "Head, 

 neck and lower parts, plain cinnamon color." (Ridgw.) 

 Winter. Above black, grayish and rusty, former pre- 

 vailing; below white; throat streaked, elsewhere wjth 

 irregular, black bars. Notes. "A loud ringing kii-wezo, 

 repeated." 



Range. — "Shores and Islands of the Pacific Ocean, from New Zea- 

 land and Australia to Kamchatka and Alaska. On the American coast 

 recorded south of Alaska only from La Paz, Lower California." (A. 

 O. U.) 



251. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa hcemastica). 

 L. 15; B. 3.2, slightly recurved. Under wing-coverts 

 dusky; upper tail-coverts black and white; tail black at 

 end, white at base. Ads. Above black, rusty and 

 grayish, below chestnut-red barred with blackish and 

 faintly tipped with white. Yng. Similar, but below 

 buffy whitish, breast grayer. Winter, Similar below 

 but above brownish gray. 



Range.— Eastern North America chiefly interior; breeds in Arctic 

 Reeions; winters south of United States to South America. 



270. Black-bellied Plover (Squatarola squatarola). 

 L. 11. Hind-toe present, small. Ads. Above black 

 and white, no yellowish; below black. Yng. Above 

 grayish brov/n spotted with white and some yellowish; 

 below white. Winter. Similar to preceding but near- 

 ly uniform brownish above. 



Range. — Northern Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions, winters in 

 America from Florida to Brazil. 



272. American Golden Plover (Charadrius domini- 

 cus). L. 10.5; W. 7. No hind-toe; axillars dusky. 

 Ads. Above conspicuously spotted with yellow; be- 

 low black, sides of breast white. Yng. Duller above, 

 below grayish white with dusky marks and yellowish 

 wash. Winter. Similar but no yellow below. Notes. 

 Call, a plaintive too-lee-e; song, a marvelously har- 

 monious succession of notes. (Nelson.) 



Range.— Western Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions; winters 

 from Florida to Patagonia, rare on Pacific coast. 



272a. Pacific Golden Plover (C. d.fulvus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 272 but wing shorter, 6.5; yellow richer. 



Range. — "Breeding from northern Asia to the Pribilof Islands 

 and coast of Alaska, south in winter through China and India to 

 Australia and Polynesia." (A. O. U.) 



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