252 NEW- YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL. ) 



T.fioridanus, Bonap. (T. glottis, Aud. Vol. 5, p. 321, pi. 346.) Bill and feet greenish ; the former 

 2*2 long. Band over the eye, back and beneath white. Scapulars and all above dusky browD, 

 edged with soiled white. Tail dark grey, barred with brown ; the two central feathers longest 

 Length, 11*0. Florida Keys. 



GENUS LIMOSA. Brisson. 



Bill very long, slender, soft and flexible throughout, recurved from the middle ; somewhat 

 dilated, flat and obtuse at the point. Both mandibles deeply furrowed throughout nearly 

 their whole length. Legs long and slender. Tibia bare for about a third of its length. 

 Toes four ; the anterior connected at base by a membrane ; that between the outer and 

 middle largest. Hind toe small, and touching the ground at the tip. Tail short, even. 



THE MARLIN. 



LlMOSA FEDOA. 



PLATE CII. FIG. 228 (Variety). 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Scolopax fedoa, LiNN.ffi08, p. 244. Great Godwit, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 465 ; suppl. p. 68. 

 S. id. Wilson, Am. Ora. Vol. 7, p. 30, pi. 56, fig. 4. Limosa id. Vieillot, Ord's reprint. 

 Limosa id. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 328. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 395. 

 L. id. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 173. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 5, p. 331, pi. 348. 

 L. id- Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 259. 



Characteristics. Rump uniform in color with the rest. Tail rufous, banded with black : 

 axillaries salmon-colored. Summer, dusky brown varied with rufous ; 

 beneath pale rusty. Winter, ash-colored ; beneath whitish. Male : 

 breast with waved dusky bars. Length, 17' 0. 



Description. Bill subcylindrical, recurved, tapering, higher than broad at the base, 4*0 

 long. 



Color. Bill dark brown at the tip, yellowish towards the base : feet bluish. Above dark 

 brown, varied with rufous and grey. Head darker, tinged with reddish and streaked with 

 grey. Scapulars and tertiaries barred on their margins with rufous and grey. Quills blackish 



