HUDSONIAN GODWIT; MARLIN. 



251. Limosa hceinastica. 15 in. 



In summer blackish above with rusty 

 edges to the feather. Chestnut below, barred 

 with black. In winter gray above and whit- 

 ish below. Bill slender; slightly recurved. 



Nest. A grass-lined hollow on the ground. 

 Eggs buff, blotched with black. 



Range. Breeds from Keewatin to Alaska. 

 Winters in Patagonia. Most abundant on the 

 Atlantic coast in fall and in the Miss. Valley 

 in spring. 



GREATER or WINTER YELLOW-LEGS. 

 254. Totanus melonoleucus. 14 in. 



Black and grayish-brown above. White 

 below, with V-shaped bars in summer and 

 streaks in winter. Long yellow legs. 



Note. Loud three-syllabled whistles. 



Nest. On the ground, the three or four 

 eggs grayish, heavily blotched with black. 



Range. Breeds in northern Canada. Win- 

 ters south from our southern states. 

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