23O SCOLOPACIDjE : SNIPE, ETC. 



Sanderling is only known to nest in high latitudes. 



This seems to be a case like that of our other Sand- 

 pipers, stragglers of nearly or 

 quite all of which may be 

 found along our coast in sum- 

 mer, though not breeding 

 within our limits. The pres- 

 ent species is extremely abun- 

 dant on the pebbly and sandy 

 __ beaches in the autumn, be- 



FIG. 50. -FOOT OF SANDERLING. coming numerous in Septem- 

 ber, and so continuing 



through the following month. 



GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. 



LlMOSA FCEDA (L.) Ord. 



Chars. Feathers not extending on side of lower mandible far 

 beyond those on upper. No white anywhere ; rump, tail and its 

 coverts barred throughout with blackish and the body-color. 

 Lining of wings and axillars chestnut, more or less barred with 

 black. General color rufous or light dull cinnamon-red, nearly 

 uniform on the under parts, richer on lining of the wings, on the 

 whole upper parts variegated with the brownish-black field of each 

 feather, the blackish predominating, leaving the rufous chiefly as 

 scollops and tippings of the feathers. Bill livid flesh-color, 

 blackish on about the terminal third ; feet ashy-blackish. 

 Length, 16.00-22.00; extent, 30.00-40.00; wing somewhere 

 about 9.00, bill, 3.50-5.50, generally about 4.00; tarsus about 

 3.00. 



This is the largest of the " Bay-birds," excepting the 

 great Curlew, and no less conspicuous by its reddish 

 "color-line" than by its size. It may easily be dis- 



