SANDERLING; BEACH BIRD. 



248. Calidris leucophaa. 8 in. 



In summer with the head, neck and back 

 washed with rusty; breast with black specks. 

 In winter gray and white, one of the whitest 

 of our sandpipers. Bill and legs rather stout. 



Note. Clear musical whistles. 



Range. Breeds along the Arctic coasts of 

 both hemispheres. Winters southward from 

 Va., the Gulf States and central Cal. 

 MARBLED GODWIT. 



249. Limosa fedoa. 19 in. 



One of the largest of the shore birds. In 

 summer mixed black and bright reddish- 

 brown above and heavily barred with black 

 below. In winter with little or no brown and 

 less barring. Bill slender and recurved. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs greenish-buff 

 heavily blotched with blackish-brown. 



Range. Breeds from N. Dak. to Saskatche- 

 wan. Winters in southern states. Occurs on 

 both coasts. 



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