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small companies in autumn, but never flying in compact 

 flocks. Goes south in late Oct. but some remain into Nov. as. 

 far north as Mass. ; winters sparingly from the Carolinas to 

 Fla. ; common from this point and on the Bahamas, south- 

 ward to southern Brazil ; comes north in late April. 

 q. God"wits. Limosa. 

 Large, sandpiper-like birds with very long, somewhat 

 recurved bills, long pointed wings which fold beyond the 

 end of the short, square tail; legs, long; toes, somewhat 

 webbed, fig. 101 



1. MARBLED GODWIT, L. fedoa. 18.50; bill, 

 4.00; pale cinnamon throughout; streaked on head and neck 

 and irregularly barred and spotted elsewhere ( excepting on 

 throat and abdomen ) Fig. 101. 



with dusky-brown, fig. 

 101. Young, differ in 

 being more reddish 

 and in having no 

 markings beneath. 

 Breeds in the interior 

 from Iowa and Nebras- 

 ka, northward to Man- 

 itoba and the Sas- 

 katchewan, when 

 it occurs on the dry 

 prairies; migrates 

 south in Aug. and Sep. 

 accidental or rare 

 then on the Atlantic Gr, D, q, 1. 1-6. 



coast from Mass. to the Carolinas; formerly wintered com- 

 monly in nothern and middle Fla. on both coasts, now rarely 

 if ever found there, but occurs in Guatemala and Yucatan. 

 In spring it gives a series of shivering notes ; in winter, when 

 alarmed, utters harsh and discordant cries. Occurs on the 

 borders of pools, both salt and fresh, and on mud flats in 

 flocks from a few individuals to hundreds, as in Fla. up to 



