182 SHORE BIRDS. 



127. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 



Smaller, 15, upper tail coverts always 

 pure white; tail black; otherwise chestnut 

 spotted with dusky; axillaries, black, fig. 129. 

 In winter chestnut replaced by gray. Young 

 more buffy. Breeds far north in eastern 



Fig. 149 



Snowy Egret. 1-8. 



N. A. ; south in Aug. and Sept., when un- 

 common on coast of N.E.; winters in extreme 

 southern S. A.; north in April and May. 

 Frequents mud flats, sloughs and beaches. 

 Flight, swift and direct. Note, low and 

 double. 



