THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 133 



248 Calidris leucophaea (Pallas). 

 Sanderling. 



Adults in late spring. Length, 7-8.75. Wing, 4.70-5. Above, black, edged 

 with rusty ; throat and sides of neck and head, rusty, spotted with black ; rest 

 of under parts, white. 



In early spring. Head and back with more or less black and rusty feathers 

 appearing among the gray. 



In autumn and winter. Pale gray above, under parts entirely white. 



Young in first autumn. Gray above, mottled with black and white ; below, 

 white, washed with buff on the breast. 



Very common transient, occurring in spring, April 18th to June 

 1st, and July 15th to October 15th. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott obtained a specimen as late as June 13th, 1879, 

 in Cape May county, which is in the full rusty breeding plumage. 

 Mr. W. L. Bally obtained adults at Cape May August 4th, which were 

 just beginning to molt into the winter dress. 



Turnbull (1869) says that many Sanderlings remain on the coast 

 all winter, and Mr. H. W. Hand tells me that a few still winter at 

 Cape May, while Dr. W. L. Abbott took one on Five Mile Beach on 

 November 28th, 1878, and Mr. Scott 1 found six or seven the last week 

 of December at Long Beach. Dr. C. C. Abbott (1868) states that 

 Sanderlings have been killed at Trenton and New Brunswick, but I 

 have no recent record inland. This species is more strictly a beach 

 bird than many of the others, and is seldom found on the bays or 

 marshes. 



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 249 Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus). 



Marbled Godwit, Marlin. 



Adults. Length, 16.50-20.50. Wing, 8.50-9. Plumage a mixture of cinna- 

 mon-buff and dull black ; head and neck streaked, back and tail barred ; throat, 

 white ; rest of under parts, buff, barred with black. 



Young in first autumn. Similar, but under parts plain buff. 



Rare fall migrant, formerly more plentiful, occurring in May and 

 September, according to Turnbull (1869). Wilson (1812) says: 

 "They are found along the salt marshes in May and for some time in 



1 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879. 



