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GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. 



MARm,KD QODWIT ^/.hm<kn>i f<^i<M). 

 Caiumon or Uv.U n.iiuos: M;ulin; U)\>\vu Miirliu; R»\l (^urlow ; U.uljix^r Uinl. 





IjCUffth. 10 to "i^ iui-hos: bill S..'iO to ,i..>0. 



Atiuli. Wciid :u\d tuvk palo InitT or yvUo cinnanion. stro;ikc.l \\ ith bhukish: 



pivvailinj: i\>lor ;»Kno thill riHldish butT. yjuuhI with bl.-u-k; ;» broad 



whitish stripe frotn bill ovor oyo; a narrow »lark stripo bolow it; 



thrtvit whitish; bolow palo nifoiis or bntTv. varying \\\ iniliviilnals: 



bri^ist. tlanks. rnnip anil tail barri\l with brownish bhuk: bill pinkish. 



black towanl tip; lojrs and fivt slaty. 

 Fidd J/ftrAvf. — l^vrgcst shon^ bin! exivpt tho 1-vMig-bilhHl C\nlow . whioh it 



n\soinblos in ix^lor. Conspicuous by its lijiht nnlihsh ti>nc; bill cmvcil 



slightly npwai\l. .V<> uhift^ }xitch at Innff qf taU. 

 ■Srti.vvm. — Now a very rare migrant, formerly more i-omnuMi. "Ma> . nnM 



Jvily and Axignst. 

 Iia»ff^. — North America. Brixnis from valley of Saskatchewan south to 



North Dakota; winters frvMu southern Lower (.\-difornia. Louisiana. 



Florida and Cuvrgia to Cuiatemala and Heli/e; casual in California in 



winter; in migration iHvurs on Tacitie civ\st north to British C\ilmnbia. 



and on .Vtlantic i\\»sl \o Maritime IVnituvs (.formerly^ and stnith to 



Lessor Antilles; aciMdental in Alaska. 



