HUDSONIAN GODWIT 

 251. Limosa hcemastica. 15 in. 



Bill slightly recurved; tail black at the end, and 

 white at the base, not barred as that of the last species 

 always is. Above blackish, with rusty margins; below 

 deep reddish-chestnut, barred, chiefly on the sides, with 

 black. In winter, similar but duller both above and 

 below, with only traces of bars on the flanks, and with 

 the breast more or less streaked. This species is more 

 abundant on the Atlantic coast during migrations than 

 the last. It is most often known as the Ring-tailed 

 Marlin, owing to a very strong contrast between the 

 black tail, white rump and dark upper parts as the 

 bird flies. They are usually found in the marshes back 

 of the ocean beach, and, owing to their large size, car 

 be seen for a long distance. 



Notes. -A loud, shrill whistle. 



Nest.-^A grass lined hollow in marshes; eggs brown- 

 ish buff, blotched with blackish (2.20x1.40). 



Range. Breeds in the Arctic regions; winters south 

 of the United States, migrating chiefly on the Atlantic 

 coast, but to some extent down the Miss. Valley. 



