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PK.E(X)CIAL (}KALLAT()I{KS — LIMICUL.K. 



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extended lines, present iii); an iirf'<,Milar fmiit. wliieli miduliites and breaks as tin 

 Hoi'k advani'i'*. tUi muJi «»(rasi(.iis it rarely utters any cries. 



Aeeordin;; to .Mr. Munre. a lew ot this species remain aliout Sarasota liny, Florida, 

 during the siiiiiiuer iimnths. alth()U<^rli the lar,i;er portion leave for their northern 

 lireediie.{-<;roiiiid». Tli«»«' which remain do not exhibit any symptoms of in-inj,' matiil 

 Mr. M<M>re diw.s ii<»t erv«l!t the statement that this species ever lireeds neai' Charles- 

 ton : the faet is a.<MUiii«'<I. rather than provi'il. The pliimaye ot tlnj.se that remain in 

 Florifia is \tnii*-rvfl iiiielianjf«'d. 



Three i-<;^ uf tlii)( s|x'C'ies. lM-lont,'in).j to the Smithsonian Iiistitntion. and obtained 

 in Minnenotu. r.tH'^' in lenf^h Irom 'J.'SJ to 'J.'.V.i inches, and trom l.oO to l.fiO inches 

 in breailth. Their jfround-^cdor is a pah' f,'reenish dral». O-er the eg},' are scattered 

 markings in the form of small blotches ol' olivaceous-umber. These JM-eonie lar<;ci 

 at the tjreater end of tlie ej;^'. ami intermi.xid with them are also a few washes of a 

 dilute purplish •♦lat*'. Three eggs in my own collection — one from C'levidand, Ohio. 

 and twr) from Nirrthwestern Iowa — do not materially vary, in regard to the nest of 

 this bird we haw no ilir«'<-t information. 



Limosa lapponica novee-zealandias. 



THE PACIFIC OODWIT. 



Limom Hcrtf-vol'imJiir. *iiiA\, Vnv. Knlnis A; 'IVrior, Hinls, 1845, 13. — Cass. Om. U. S. E.x|i|. 



K.X|>. \9li, 311 «Uow 1., .'^aiiiimii <i|(iii|i), 

 Limuta laf/fimtiea, rar. m/vayuii/tim/iii; (Ils.w, 1. c. 

 Li'HiKUi IfiffffMioi ^vvac-zealaM'fi'i, Itiniiw. Pr<H: V, S. Xiit. Mils. Vol. III. 1880, 200 ; Noln. N. 



Am. I{. H*l, If). :,H. 

 Liif-mm Hnp/iftfuili*, <:«i i.i», P. '/.. S. 1S4S, :1S ; liinis .Aiistriilia, VI. 1848, pi. .xxix. — Finw ii 4 



Hakti. ISHlr. Kauiu«Viiii. Pdyn. 1807, 177. Baikh, Triuis, Clijcaj!" Aiml. 1. IsOU, :W(i, |j1. 



:«•» (AU'tlu). - I».»Li. k l5.%x\i.sT. II). — CoiKs, (hck List, 2il wl. 188'_', no. «31. 

 LiiioMi F'urii, I'lULf, I'. S. Kxpl. KxIkmI. 1848, -J:!!, \<\. Ixv. 



Hab. Shor*-* oikI i*li»ii<U of the I'licilic- Oiciiii, from Austiidiu to Alaska. Not ruconlwl from 

 the Piititk- ciiik*t of Ameri'Mi -(Utli i-f Alaska, e.vi'i'pt Lower California (L. IJKi.ui.Nti). 



Sp. Char. Admit im tumiitff: IJurk and saipuliu-s dusky, irivgularly spotted with whitish iiinl 

 light nifoiM ; win}:-«3>^verl» light gI•ayi^ll, with dusky shaft-streaks and whitish iMmlers, the unteriiir 



Bnialler <i)v».'Tt» 'Urker cikI uiort unifonu gniyish ; priniuries and primary-coverts ilii»ky, the linn i 

 ■pulls lx)rdtrtil with »hit»-. Hmup dusky gruvish, the ffuthurs liordund with whitt? ; uppi i 

 tail-rovt-rt' while, liiit^.'ol witli li;.'lit ciinianioii, and irregularly spotted with dusky ; tail grayisii. 

 inegularly Imrrvtl, sikI lumiH-ly ti]i)NHi with white. Mead, iieek, and lower parts, light cinnanion, 



