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69. American Woodcock. Philohela minor. 



General color brown, more gray in the autumn ; head brown, dark 

 brown line from bill to eye ; top of head black, crossed by narrow buff 

 lines ; upper parts variegated with reddish brown, black, and gray ; 

 under parts reddish buff; bill brown, 2^-3 in. long; feet and legs 

 gray. Length, 10^-11^ in. 



Hab. Eastern North America, north to British Provinces ; west- 

 ward to Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska. Southern States in winter. Colo- 

 rado, not common. 



(a) European Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). 

 A much larger bird than No. 69. Easily distinguished by its size. 

 Hab. An occasional visitor to Eastern North America. 



70. Pectoral Sandpiper. Tringa maculata, 



Head and upper parts pale gray; rump brownish black; breast 

 and sides buff streaked with brown; under parts white; bill black; 

 legs and feet buff. Length, 8^-9 in. ; wing, 5-5 in. 



Hab. The whole of North America, the West Indies, and the 

 greater part of South America. Breeds in the Arctic regions. 



71. Hudsonian Godwit. Limosa Juzmastica. 



Head, back, and sides of neck grayish white ; back black marked 

 with buff, gray, and white ; upper tail coverts white ; tail b!ack, base 

 and tip white; throat white streaked with black; lower parts dark 

 chestnut narrowly barred with black ; bill flesh color ; feet and legs 

 gray blue. Length, 14-16 in. ; wing, 8 in, 



Hab. Eastern North America, and whole of Middle and South 

 America. Also in Alaska. South in winter to South America. 



72. Marbled Godwit. Limosa foeda. 



Head and neck buff streaked with black ; upper parts reddish buff 

 barred with black; white stripe from bill to above the eye; throat 

 white ; under parts rufous barred with brown ; bill flesh color on basal 

 half, brown black on remaining parts; feet gray. Length, i6>-2oj 

 in.; wing, Stf in. 



Hab. North America generally, breeding in interior from Iowa 

 and Dakota north ; south in winter to Guatemala, Yucatan, Cuba, etc, 



73. Black-necked Stilt. Himantopusmexicanus. 



Forehead, spot above and below the eye, chin, throat, front and sides 

 of neck, under parts, rump and tail coverts white ; rest of head, hind 



