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Hudsonian Godwit. 



parts, dark rufous brown; the feathers of the throat, more or less 

 streaked with black, and the feathers of the breast and belly, faintly- 

 edged with black; axillars, very dark slate color, almost black. 



Adult in winter: Upper plumage, dull gray; feathers of the back, 

 more or less edged with dark brown; chin, whitish; breast, pale gray; 

 shafts of the feathers on the sides of the breast, brownish; belly, 

 grayish bufif, sometimes buffy white; under tail coverts, whitish; 

 axillars, dark, smoky gray. 



Length, 15; wing, 8 to 8.60; tarsus, 2.40; bill, 2.80 to 3.40. 



In former years the Hudsonian Godwit was not uncommon in 

 Illinois and Wisconsin during the migrations, but at the present 

 time it is a rare bird, at least east of the 95th meridian. It is still 

 moderately common in Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas during the migra- 

 tions, but its numbers are fast decreasing. Mr. F. M. Woodruff 

 states he killed a pair of these birds at Grass Lake, Illinois, in June, 

 1802 (Bull. Chicago Acad. Sciences, No. 6, 1907, p. 72 ). 



