LIMOSA HAEMASTICA (Couss). 
THE HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 
ae | Specific Character.—Smaller than L. fedoa, above blackish brown, irregularly 
‘Spo tted and barred with pale ochraceous, the rump plain brownish black ; upper 
a ail coverts immaculate white; wing coverts and shorter quills plain dark brown- 
er * | gray; primaries brownish black, their shafts white. Lower parts chestnut 
fous narrowly barred with brownish black, the feathers of the belly, ete., often 
tipped with white. Tail black with the base and tip (narrowly) white. Lining a 
_ of wings and axillaries plain smoky black. 
Habitat.—Eastern North America and the whole of Central and South 
- America. Breeds only in high latitudes. This bird is not common now being 
~ more seldom seen than the Marbled Godwit. It is, however, taken at the St. 
Clair Flats occasionally, and on the Grand River near Dunnville, where several 
u good specimens of the Marbled Godwit have also been taken in the autumn. 
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