THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 67 



Htidsonian. This bird is a rare transient 

 visitor along the coast of New Jersey, a few being occa- 

 sionally seen late in September. Length, fifteen inches; 

 bill, three inches; back, dull brown, somewhat mottled 

 with white; head, whitish, with dusky streaks; below, 

 dull white or buffy. In summer the head, neck and 

 under surface of body change to chestnut color. 



Grodwit, Marbled, or Brown Jfiarlin. This bird 

 is a rare visitor along the coast of New Jersey, a few be- 

 ing occasionally seen in May and then again in August 

 and September. Length, seventeen to twenty inches; 

 bill, three and one-half to five inches; above blackish 

 brown, mottled with pale cinnamon or ochreous in spots 

 and bars; long wing feathers brown on outer web, inner 

 webs ochreous, finely speckled with brown; tail and under 

 parts all transversely barred with pale cinnamon and dark 

 brown; young birds are nearly uniform pale cinnamon 

 below. 



Golden-eye, or Whisller. Length, twenty inches; 

 bill, one and three quarter inches; head, ah 1 around glossy 

 greenish black, large white spot on each side at the base 

 of the bill; neck and entire under surface of the body, 

 pure white; back, greenish black; wings, black; middle 

 feathers white and stripe from shoulders white; tail, gray- 

 ish black; female has the head brown, whole back gray, 

 slightly mottled; male in winter similar to female. 



Its nest is built in a stump or hollow tree; the eggs are 

 from six to ten in number, of a pale blue color and two 

 and one-third by one and three-fourths inches in size. 

 It breeds in Maine and northward, and in the winter 

 goes as far south as Cuba and Mexico. In New 

 Jersey it is found principally on the coast and on large 

 rivers from the first of October to the first of April. It 

 feeds principally on small fish and shell fish and its flesh 

 is of a poor quality for the table. 



