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249. Marbled God wit. Limosa fedoa. 



Range. North America, breeding, chiefly in the interior, from northern 

 United States northward. 



Godwits are large Plovers with 

 long slightly upcurved bills. This 

 species is 18 inches in length, is of 

 a nearly uniform ruddy color and is 

 handsomely marbled above, and 

 barred below with black. Their 

 eggs are laid upon the ground in 

 the vicinity of ponds or rivers; 

 sometimes there is no lining and 

 again a few straws or grasses may 

 be twisted around the depression. 

 Their eggs number three or four 

 and have a ground color of grayish 

 or greenish buff, sometimes quite 

 dark, and are blotched with dark 



.. brown. Size 2.25 x 1.60. Data.- 



[Greemshbuft.J Devil , g Lake> N< D ^ June ^ m ^ 



Four eggs laid on the ground in the middle of an un-used road. Lined with a 

 few grasses. Collector, W. F. Hill. 



250. Pacific Godwit. Limosa lapponica baueri. 



Range. Coasts and islands of the Pacific Ocean on the Asiatic side, north in 

 summer to Alaska. 



This species is more uniform and brighter ruddy beneath than the preceeding, 

 and the back is not marbled as strongly. Even in Alaska where it breeds, it is 

 not a common species, and it only occurs elsewhere on the Pacific coast of Amer- 

 ica casually. The nesting habits are the same, but the eggs are somewhat 

 darker than those of the preceding, but not as dark as those of the following 

 species. Size 2.20 x 1.45. 



251. Hudsonian Godwit. Limosa hfemastica. 



Range. North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, breeding in the Arctic 

 regions and wintering south of the United States. 



This species is apparently not as 

 common or is more locally distributed 

 during migrations than is the Marbled 

 Godwit. They are more abundant in 

 their breeding grounds and are occas- 

 ionally seen in large flocks. They are 

 smaller than the Marbled Godwit 

 (length 18 inches) and are deep reddish 

 brown below. They lay four eggs on 

 the ground, in marshes or near ponds 

 or streams, lining the hollow with 

 weeds and dried leaves. The eggs 

 have a dark brownish buff ground 

 color and are blotched with brownish 

 black. Size 2. 20x1.40. Data. Mack- 

 enzie River, Arctic America. Four 

 eggs laid in a hollow in the ground. Collector, J. O. Stringer. 



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