2IO AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 



A. O. U. No. 351. (Limosa haemastica.) 



RANGE. 



Entire North America, including Alaska, east of the Rocky Mount- 

 ains. Breeds in the extreme north and winters south of the United 

 States. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Length, 16 in.; extent, 26 in.; tail, 3 in. Bill and feet, light gray, 

 except the terminal third of the former which is black. Eye brown. 



Adult in summer. Back wings, and tail black, the feathers of the 

 back and wings having buffy white spots on the outer edges. The 

 rump and bases of the black tail feathers are white, this occupying 

 about two-thirds of the outer tail feather and decreasing on each con- 

 secutive one until the middle feather has barely a trace of white at its 

 base. The tail feathers are also narrowly terminated with white. The 

 whole head and back of neck are grayish white streaked with black. 

 The under parts are a rich, reddish chestnut, barred with black, this 

 barring being heaviest on the sides and flanks. This chestnut color 

 extends up on the throat and neck in front to the chin, which is white, 

 finely streaked with grayish. The under tail coverts are white or 

 bufify and are broadly banded with black. The primaries are black 

 with white quills and the secondaries are grayish or grayish brown, the 

 feathers being darkest in the centers. In winter. General color all 

 over is a grayish, this being rather darker and a grayish brown on the 

 back. The wings and tail are the same as in summer. They have no 

 distinct reddish coloration. The young are similar to the winter birds. 

 NEST AND EGGS. 



This species breeds quite abundantly on the Barren Lands of the 

 Arctic Ocean. Like most of the other varieties of Plover, their nest 

 is merely a depression in the earth and is lined with a few grasses. 



