ki-:y 'I'o Tiiic w.\ti:r iurds of Florida. 



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The ego-s are pale Inifl" color spotted with chocohite brown, more nu- 

 merously tu the larger ends ; bill brown ( greenish gray in life), paler at base 

 and darker toward the end. 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS Leach. 



MACRORHAMPHUS QRISEU5 (Gwd.). 

 Dowitcher. Red=breasted Snipe. 



A/fn/f ill suiiniicr : A small web between the inner 

 toes : upper parts blackish ; feathers edged with tawny 

 ..j>.^ brown: top of head blackish mottled with tawny 



"' brown ; under parts red brown, banded on the sides ; 



throat and breast only slightly spotted, entirely with- 

 out spots in some plumages; tail and tail coverts 

 ; barred with black. Bill dark olive. 



In wi liter: Upper parts grayish, feathers showing 

 '' '••';• faint edges of buff on the back ; chin and superciHary 

 , '^ stripe dull grayish white ; breast gray, showing slight 

 " ■'■'Jl^ traces of tawny; rest of under parts dirty white, mot- 

 ^ ir^'f " tied on the crissum ; tail banded black and white. 

 "■ '■'-"''' Length, 10.30; Wing, 5.70; Tarsus, 1.30; Bill, 2.20 



to 2.50. 

 Rancres from the Arcdc Circle to South America : common during the 

 migrations, being common in winter in Florida. It breeds in the far north, 

 ecrgs being pale buff or dull olive mottled and speckled with dark brown. 



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MACRORHAMPHUS 5C0L0PACEUS {Say.). 

 Long=bined Dowitcher. Western Red=breasted Snipe. 



Resembles the preceding species, but the bill is longer and the sides of the body are more 

 distinctly barred with black ; the principal difference is one of size. 



Length, 1 1 ; Wing, 6.05 ; Tarsus, 1.55 ; r.ill 2.20 to 2.60. 



This is a western species, which occasionally occurs on the Atlantic 

 coast. It is a common bird in Florida in winter. The eggs are similar in 

 coloration to those of the preceding species. 



