SCOLOPACIDE, SNIPE, ETC.—GEN. 212, 213. 257 
seapulars ; below, uniform brownish-red, much as in the robin, fading into 
white on the flanks and crissum; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars ; 
tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges; quills blackish, 
gray on the inner webs and with white shafts; bill and feet blackish. 
‘Young: above clear ash, with rumerous black-and-white semicircles ; below 
white, more or less tinged with reddish, dusky-speckled on breast, wavy- 
barred on sides. Atlantic coast, abundant. Wus., vii, 36, 43, pl. 57, f. 2, 
9; Nourr., ii, 125; Aup., v, 254, pl. 328; Cass. in Bp., 715. . cANUTUS. 
212. Genus CALIDRIS Cuvier. 
Sanderling. Luddy Plover. No hind toe; otherwise, form exactly as 
in Tringa proper; 73-8; wing 44-5; tail 24; bill about 1; tarsus 1 or 
rather less; middle toe and claw #. Adult in summer: head, neck and 
upper parts varied with black, ashy and bright 
reddish; below from the breast pure white; tail 
except central feathers light ash, nearly white ; 
primaries gray with blackish edges and tips, the 
shafts of all and bases of most, white ; secondaries 
white except a space at the end, and greater coverts 
broadly white-tipped ; bill and feet black. Adult 
in winter, and young: little or no reddish ; speckled 
with black and white, or ash and white, below 
white, sometimes tawny-tinged on the jugulum. 
N. Am., coastwise, abundant. Wus., vii, 68, 129, pl. 59, f. 4; pl. 63, f. 3; 
Nort.. ii, 4; Aup., v, 287, pl. 338; Cass. in Bp., 723. . . ARENARIA. 
Fic. 167. Foot of Sanderling. 
213. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. 
Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Tail barred throughout with black and 
rufous ; rump and upper tail coverts like the back ; no pure white anywhere. 
General plumage rufous or cinnamon-brown ; below, nearly unmarked and 
of very variable shade, usually deepest on 
the lining of the wings; above, variegated 
with black and brown or gray ; quills rufous 
and black ; bill flesh colored, largely tipped 
with black ; feet dark. Large ; 16-22; wing 
about 9; tail about 34; bill 4-5, grooved 
nearly to the end, usually slightly recurved ; 
tibie bare 1-14; tarsus 24-34, scutellate 
before and behind; toes 14, stout. Tem- 
perate North America, abundant; conspic- —= 
uous by its size and coloration among the — 
waders that throng the shores and muddy 
or sandy bars of bays and estuaries during 
the migration; breeds in the U.S. as well as northward. Writs., vii, 30, pl. 
96, f.1; Nurr., ii, 173; Aup., v, 331, pl. 348; Cass. in Bp., 740. FEDOA. 
KEY TO N. A. BIRDS. 33 
Fic. 168. Great Marbled Godwit. 
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