KEY TO THE WATJiR 15IRDS OI'' FLORIDA, 



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common during migrations, ranging from the Arctic regions to the West 

 Indies and South America. The eggs are Hght oHve and buff, spotted with 

 l)ro\vn. 



Genus LIMOSA Brisson. 



Linos A FEDOA (//////.). 

 Marbled Godwit. 



. Idifll ill siiiiiiiici- : liill curved slightly upward : upper parts mottled with black and tawny ; 

 upper throat white, rest ot" throat finely streaked with brown : breast pale tawny, the feathers 

 banded irregularly with brown; belly tawny, sometimes without bands ; bill dull flesh color in its 

 basal half, the rest blackish. 



Adiilt in luinter: Top of the head brown streaked with pale brown; feathers of the back 

 dark brown edged with tawny ; chin white ; throat pale buff faintly lined with brown; under 

 parts reddish buff; sides faintly barred with l)rown. 



Length, 19; Wing, 8.80; Tarsus, 2.80; Bill, 3.50 to 4.50. 



This species breeds in the interior from the Missouri region northward. 

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

 on the Atlantic coast. 



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

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



