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white, speckled with dusky on chest. Young : 

 Above, pale-grayish, spotted with black and whit- 

 ish ; below, white, tinged with dull buft'. 



77. Marbled Godwil 



Length about 18 inches. Bill about 4 inches 

 long. Adult: Above, pale-cinnamon, barred and 

 spotted with brownish-dusky, head and neck 

 streaked ; below, barred with dusky. Young ; 

 Similar, but lower parts ochraceous. 



78. Hudsonian Godwit. 



Length about 16 inches. Bill about 3 inches 

 long. Summer plumage: Above, blackish, varied 

 with buffy ; below, chestnut, barred with dusky. 

 Winter plumage: Above, brownish-gray; below, 

 whitish, shaded with brownish-gray. Young . 

 Above, brownish-gray ; below, grayish-buffy. 



79. Greater Yellow-legs. 



Length about 14 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Summer adult : Above, varied with black- 

 ish pale-gray and white ; below, streaked and 

 spotted with dusky. Winter plumage : Above, 

 ash-gray and white ; below, w^ith narrow markings 

 of dusky. Young : Similar, but darker and more 

 brownish above. 



80. Yellow-legs. 



Length about 10 J inches. Bill about 1J inches 



