SNIPES, SANDPIPERS, ETC. 



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848. Calidrla arenaria (/.//;».)• Sandkri.ino; Sckf Snipk. Ad. 

 in summer. — Feuthurrt of the ujiper parts with >;i'ru'rully black centers, bor- 

 dered uiid HonietimeH burred with jmic rufoua und tipped with iwhy white ; 

 wiii)fH t'usi'ous, tlie buxul hull" of the outer web of the inner iiriinarieH white ; 

 win>;-eovertH (grayish fuse< us, tiie ureuter one broadly tippeil with white; tail 

 brownish jrruy, narrowly niarj^iiud with white; throat un»l upper breji.st 

 wu«hed with pale rn/oun uud spotted with blaekinh ; rest of t!ie umler parta 

 pure white. Fall plumnt/e. —i'<\mihir, but upper parts without rufous, jflossy 

 bluek, the feathers sometimes bordered witli wiiite, but generally with two 

 wiiitc sjMitrt ut their tips separated by the black of the central part of the 

 feather; nape gruyish white, lightly strenked witli bluckish; under purtM 

 pure white, with occasionally u few spots on the breast. W i/ittr jilunimje. — 

 Upper parts pale brownish gray, wings as in the preceding ; under i>aTt»pure 

 white. L., 8 00; VV., 5-00; Tur., 1-00 ; B., 100. 



lieinarkn. — Tlie Sumlerling is the only one of our Snipes or Sandpipers 

 having three toes, and it may always be known by this character in combi- 

 nation witli it« booted or transvei-sely scaled tai-si. 



liaiKje. — " Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in arctic und subarctic regions; 

 migrating, in America, south to ("hili and J'atagoniu" (A. (>. U.). 



Washington, casual T. \'., two records. Long Island, connnon T. V., Mch. 

 15 tlirough May ; Aug. 1 tlirough Sept. Sing Sing, tolerably common T. V., 

 to June 5; Sept. 9 to Oct. 5. Cambridge, casual, one instance, Sept. 



Kg(iK, three to four, liglit olive-brown, tinely spotted or speckled with 

 darker, the markings larger ond moro blended on tljc larger end, 1-41 x "91 

 (Kidgw.). 



This is a true boach bird, and is usnally found on shores washed 

 by the sea. It frequently associates with tlie Seinipalmated Sandpiper 

 or Oxeye. which it resembles in habits, but its larger size and lighter 

 colors distinguish it from that species. 



849« Limosa fadoa (Linn.). Marbled Godwit; Bkown Mari.ik. 



Ad. — Upper parts black, the head and neck streaked with butty, the back 

 barred or tlie feathers spotted on tlio sides and sometitncs tipped with butty 

 or oclirnceous-butt'; inner web of the outer primaries and botli webs of the 

 inner ones ochrdcenyK-huf or pale butty, speckled with black ; tail ochraceous- 

 buff" l)arrod with Idack ; throat white, rest of tlic under parts pale buff"y, spotted 

 or l)arred with black; bill curved sli>r)itly upward, yellowish at the base, 

 black at the end. Im. — Similar, but the under parts with few or no bars except 

 on the flanks and under tail-coverts. L.. lS-00; W..^-?'); Tar., 2-7ri; B., 4f'0. 



Ranije. — North America, breeding cliiefly in the interior, from western 

 Minnesota, and rarely Iowa and Nebraska, northward, and migrating -south- 

 ward to Central America and Cuba; rare on the Atlantic coast. 



Long Island, rare T. V., Aug. and Sept. 



EggK., three to four, clay-color or brownish ashy, blotclied, spotted, and 

 scrawled with grayish brown, 2"15 x 1*60. 



Colonel Goss writes that this species " inhabits the salt- and fresh- 

 water shores, marshes, and moist ground upon the prairies. It feeds 



