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3. L. haemastica. Upper tail-coverts crossed by a wide band of pure white ; longer upper 



tail-co\-erts, entire rump, and axillars, uniform dusky ; lining of wing dusky, spotted 

 with, white outwardly. Summer plumage : Beneath, chestnut bari'ed with dusky ; above, 

 blackish. Winter plumage : Beneath, whitish, without markings, the breast and jugu- 

 lum grayish ; above, unifuriu brownish gray, except rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail. 

 Young: Beneath, light grayish clay-color, darker on breast ; above, brownish gray, feath- 

 ers bordered with ochraceous, and somewhat spotted with dusky. Wing, 8.10-8.00 ; c\il- 

 men, 2.85-3.45 ; tarsus, 2.25-2.50 ; middle toe, 1.15-1.30. Hah. America. 

 Wing with two white patches, one at base of inner primaries, the other occupying the greater 

 part of the secondaries. 



4. L. eegocephala. Upper tail-coverts, rump, and tail much as m Hudsonica ; a.xillars and 



lining of wing pure white. Wing, 8.25; culmen, 3.70 ; tarsus, 2.85; middle toe, 1.25. 

 Hah. Pala;arctic Region ; Greenland. 



Limosa fedoa. 



THE MARBLED GODWIT. 



Scolopax fedoa, Lix.v. S. N. I. 1766, 244 (based on Fcdoa americana, Edw. 137, and Limosa ameri- 

 canaru/a, Bkiss. V. 287). — WiLs. Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 30, pi. 56, f. 4. 



Limosa. fedoa, Ord. ed. Wilson, VII. 1823. —Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 395. — Nutt. Man. II. 

 1834, 173. — AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 287 ; V. 590, pi. 238 ; Synop. 1839, 246 ; B. Am. V. 

 1842, 331, pi. 348. — Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 740. — Baii-.d, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, 

 no. 547. — CouES, Key, 1872, 257; Check List, 1873, no. 428 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 492. 



Limosa fmda, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 543. — CouES, Check List, 2d cd. 1882, no. 628. 



Scolopax marmorata, Lath. Ind. Oi-n. II. 1790, 720. 



" Limosa americana, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool." 



"Limosa adspcrsa, Licht." 



Hab. North America ; breeding in the interior of the continent (Missouri Region and north- 

 ward), wintering southward to Yucatan and Guatemala ; Cuba. 



Sp. Char. Bill long, curved upwards ; both mandibles grooved ; wings long ; tail short ; legs 

 long ; tibia with its lower haK naked ; toes rather short, margined and flattened underneath ; the 



outer and middle toes united by a rather large membrane. Entire upper parts variegated with 

 brownish black and pale reddish, the foi-mer disposed in irregular and confluent bands, and the 

 latter in spots and imperfect bands ; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, 

 and the pale red on the rum]j and upper tail-coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transverse 

 lines of brownish black on the breast and sides ; under wing-coverts and axillaries darker rufous ; 

 outer webs of primaries dark brown, inner webs light rufous ; secondaries light rufous ; tail light 

 rufous, with transverse bars of brownish black. " Bill dull flesh-color in its basal half, the rest 

 blackish brown ; iris brown ; feet bluish gray " (Audubon.) 



