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Axillars, dark gray, or sooty gray; belly, gniyish white; first primary, dark 

 slaty brown with white shaft; bill, curved upward; upper tail coverts 

 mostly white. 



Hudsonian Godwit. 



Limosa hcvmaslica. 



Axillars, rufous brown ; upper tail cov- 

 erts, not white ; belly, buff; sometimes 

 barred with dark brown; primaries, 

 pale rufous brown with numerous 

 dark dots ; shaft of primaries, white ; 

 bill, curved upward. 



Harbled Godwit. 

 Limosa fedoa. 

 See page 54. 



Limosa fedoa. 



Section 2. Toes, 4, without webs ; bill, nearly straight ; 



bill, over 2.60. 



Axillars, banded with white and grayish brown; belly, pale brown, banded 

 with dark brown; primaries, grayish brown; outer webs, banded with pale 

 brown or rufous brown ; shaft of primaries, dark ; bill, nearly straight. 



European Woodcock. 



Scolopax rusticola. 

 See page 39. 



Section 3. Toes, 4 (with small web) ; bill, slightly curved 

 upward or straight; bill, under 2.60 and over 1.50. 



Axillars, smoky black ; belly, white ; outer primary 



terminal third, black, rest, white ; rump, gray ; upper 

 tail coverts, white. 



\Villet. 



Symphemia sem ipalmata , 

 See page 60, 



