180 SHORE BIRDS. 



head; white beneath. Flight direct but 

 slow, the wdng tips being held below the 

 level of the body and vibrated quite rapidly. 

 In passing over water flies close to surface 

 and if attacked by a hawk dives into it out of 

 sight, to afterw^ards emerge flying. Occurs 

 singly or in small companies in late summer 

 or autumn, never in large flocks on both salt 

 and fresh w^ater. Goes south in late Oct., 

 stragglers remaining into Nov. as far north 

 as Mass., winters sparingly from N. C. to 

 Fla.,. common from this point, and on the 

 Bahamas, southward to southern Brazil; 

 north in April. 



126. MARBLED GODWIT. 



Large 18.50, with a very long, 4, some- 

 what recurved bill; pale cinnamon, through- 

 out, streaked on head and neck and irreg- 

 ularly banded elsewhere w^ith dusky, fig. 128. 

 Young, without markings beneath. Cries 

 in spring a series of shivering notes; in 

 winter w^hen alarmed, harsh and discordant. 

 Breeds in interior from Iowa and Neb. 



