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common duriiii( niigratioiLs, ranging i'roni the Arctic regions lo tin- West 

 Indies and South America. The eggs are Hght olive and huff, spotted witli 

 lirown. 



Gems LIMOSA I>kisson. 



LinOSA FEDOA (//////.). 

 Marbled (iodwit. 



.\dull i/t s//;n ///(•/■ : ISill curved slightly upward : upper parts mottled with hlai k and lawny : 

 upper throat white, rest of throat finely streaked with brown; l)reast pale tawny, the leathers 

 l)anded irregularly with brown: belly tawny, sometimes without bands; bill dull flesh color in its 

 basal half, the rest blackish. 



A(hilt in winter: Top of the head brown streaked with pale brown; feathers of the back 

 dark brown edged with tawny ; chin white ; throat pale l)uff faintly lined with brown; under 

 parts reddish buff; sides faintly barred with brown. 



Length. 19; Wing, S.So; Tarsus, 2.S0 ; Hill, 3.50 to 4.50. 



I.imosa fedoa. 



This species breeds in the interior from the Missom-i region northward. 

 It occurs in winter south to Florida and Cuba, but is not abtnidant anywhere 

 on the Atlantic coast. 



The eggs are described as being from three to four in mnnber and of a 

 dull brownish ash color, blotched and mottled with gray and grayish brown. 



