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lane, near the Arctic Sea, was on the ground, con- 

 structed of grass and decayed leaves, in a little 

 hollow. A nest described by Fielding was situ- 

 ated on a gravel ridge, several hundred feet above 

 the sea-level, on a small depression in a recum- 

 bent Arctic willow. 



Other names for this bird are beach bird and 

 ruddy plover. 



MARBLED GODWIT 

 (Limosa fedoa) 



Adult male and female in breeding plumage Head and neck, pale 

 buff, with black streaks ; these are broadest and most numerous 

 on the top of the head and neck ; upper parts, entire, and scapu- 

 lars, reddish buff, irregularly barred with black ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, buff, barred with dark brown ; tail, reddish barred 

 irregularly with brown ; a broad superciliary stripe of white ; a 

 loral stripe of dark brown ; throat, white or buff; entire under 

 parts, pale rufous or buff, the color varying in intensity in dif- 

 ferent individuals, transversely crossed with wavy dark lines, 

 except the centre of the abdomen and anal region, which is 

 plain ; under wing-coverts, reddish buff; bill, long, curved up- 

 ward, both mandibles grooved ; dull flesh color at its base, 

 with the terminal half dark brown ; feet, bluish gray ; iris, brown. 



Adult male and female in winter Resemble the spring plumage, 

 but the buff is paler and more indistinct. 



Young Resemble adults, but are more finely mottled above; entire 

 lower parts, pale rufous, becoming buff on throat, not barred, 

 sparingly streaked with dusky on lower neck. 



Measurements Length, 18 inches ; wing, 9 inches ; tail, 3.50 inches ; 

 bill, 4.50 inches ; tarsus, 3 inches. 



Eggs Three to four in number; color, pale greenish drab, spotted 

 and blotched with yellowish and olive-brown ; measure 2.27 by 

 i. 60 inches. 



Habitat Breeds from Ohio (?), Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and 

 Minnesota, possibly Lower California, to Manitoba, Saskatche- 



