290 GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. 



webs of the three first quills, those of the other primaries, and both webs 

 of the secondaries, reddish- ochre, all more or less mottled with dusky, and 

 the primaries of that colour towards the end, but with the terminal mar- 

 gins whitish ; the inner secondaries barred like the back, as are the tail- 

 feathers. Breast, abdomen, and lower surface of wings, light reddish- 

 yellow, the axillar feathers of a deeper tint, the sides faintly barred with 

 dusky. 



Length to end of tail 18^ inches, to end of wings 191, to end of claws 

 21 ; wing from flexure 9 ; tail 3| ; biU along the ridge it^^^, along the 

 edge of lower mandible 4^*^ ; bare part of tibia 1^^ ; tarsus 2^§ ; middle 

 toe 1^'g, its claw ^|. 



Adult Female. Plate CCXXXVIII. Fig. 2. 



The Female is considerably larger than the male, but is similar in co- 

 louring, the lower parts of a less bright buff. 



Length to end of tail 20^ inches, to end of wings 21 1 ; bill 5. 



The inner edge of the middle claw is usually broken, which is a com- 

 mon circumstance in birds that have it very thin, but there are no regu- 

 lar serratures or notches upon it. 



