Measurements Total length, 10% inches; wing, 5%; 

 bill, about 2% inches, and with a considerable swelling 

 at the end. 



THE GREATER YELLOW-LEGS 



(Limosa fedoa) 



The greater yellow-legs migrates throughout the en- 

 tire region, being common on the beaches of Washing- 

 ton, Oregon and California during the fall and early 

 winter as it works its way to Lower California and 

 Mexico. It somewhat resembles the godwit in coloring, 

 but it is more of a grayish tinge. Its shorter bill 

 not over two and a half inches in length will always 

 distinguish it from the godwit. So, also, will its sharp 

 whistling note. It is nearly as delicate a table bird as 

 the Wilson snipe. 



Color Top of head and neck, brown, with whitish 

 streaks; back, brown, with the feathers edged with 

 white; chin, white; .breast, white, lined with narrow 

 streaks of brown; bill, black, and legs, yellow. 



Nest and Eggs The nests are built close to the wat- 

 er's edge, containing four light buff eggs, spotted with 

 brown. 



Measurements Total length, 14 inches; wing, 7%; 

 bill, 2% to 2% inches. 



THE MARLIN, OR MARBLED GODWIT 



(Tringa alpina pacifica) 



The marbled godwit, or marlin as it is also called, 

 is one of the largest birds of the Scolopacidae family. 

 It ranges from Alaska to Central America. This species 

 is seen in large numbers in the early fall along the sea 

 beaches of California as they are working their way 

 south. They spend the winter in great quantities in 

 Lower California and Mexico. There should be no diffi- 

 culty in distinguishing the godwit from any of the other 

 shore birds, its long upward curved bill and brownish- 

 barred back being features by which it may always be 

 known. 



Color Top of head and back of neck, brown, streaked 

 with paler brown; feathers of the back, brown, with 

 ochreous edges; throat and forehead, pale buff, with 

 faint markings of brown; bill slightly turned upward. 



Nest and Eggs Nest a crude affair on the ground, 

 containing four eggs of an ash color, mottled with a 

 dead brown. 



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