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GENUS LIMOSA — BRISS. 

 GODWIT. 



[Bill very long, a little recurved from the middle — rather slender, thicker at the 

 base — lower mandible shorter ; head moderate ; neck rather long ; wings long, 

 very acute ; tail short, even; legs long; toes four, rather slender — hind toe 

 small — middle toe longest — anterior toes connected at the base by webs, the 

 outer web much larger.] 



LIMOSA FEDOA— LINN. 



GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. 



Great Marbled Godwit, Scolopax Fedoa, Wils. 



Limosa Fedoa, Bonap. Syn. 



Limosa Fedoa, Great Marbled Godwit, Sw. & Rich. 



Great Marbled (Jodwit, Nutt. Man. 



Great Marbled Godwit, Limosa Fedoa, Aud. 



Specific Character — Bill at base yellow, toward the end black- 

 ish brown ; upper parts spotted and barred with yellowish-gray 

 and brownish-black ; lower parts pale reddish-brown ; tail darker, 

 barred with black. Adult male with the bill at the base yellow- 

 ish brown, toward the end black ; head and neck grayish- brown, 

 tinged with pale reddish, streaked with dusky — darker on the up- 

 per part of the head and hind neck ; throat whitish ; lower parts 

 pale reddish-brown ; under tail coverts barred with brown ; tail 

 reddish-brown, barred with dusky ; upper tail coverts the same ; 

 upper parts barred w^ith brownish-black and pale reddish-brown, 

 spotted with dusky ; inner primaries tipped with yellowish white ; 

 scapulars and wing coverts barred with pale reddish-brown and 

 grayish-white ; shaft of the first primary white, dusky at the tip ; 

 inner shafts at the base white, rest part light brown, excepting the 

 tips, which are dusky. Length sixteen inches, wing nine and a 

 hah". Female larger, exceeding the male from three to four 

 inches. 



