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KEY TO THK BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Marbled Godwit. 



Axillars, rufous brown ; upper tail 

 coverts, not white; belly, buff, sometimes 

 barred with, dark brown; primaries, pale 

 rufous brown with numerous dark dots ; 

 shaft of primaries, white ; bill, curved 

 upward. 



Limosa fcdoa. flarbled Godwit. 

 See No. 203. 



Limosa fedoa. 



Section 2. Toes, four, without web; 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 web, banded with pale brown or rufous 



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



Scolopax rusticola. European Woodcock. 



See No. 184. 



