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  brownish. 
  Adult: 
  With 
  dusky 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  breast, 
  sides 
  and 
  flanks. 
  The 
  

   young 
  with 
  immaculate 
  under 
  parts 
  ; 
  legs 
  dusky 
  ; 
  bill 
  dull 
  flesh 
  color, 
  dusky 
  

   toward 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  Length 
  16-22 
  inches; 
  extent 
  30-40; 
  wing 
  8.5-9; 
  tail 
  3-4; 
  tarsus 
  2.75-3; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  1.4; 
  bill 
  3.5-5 
  ■5- 
  Female 
  decidedly 
  the 
  larger. 
  

  

  The 
  Marbled 
  godwit, 
  or 
  Brown 
  marlin, 
  breeds 
  from 
  Nebraska 
  to 
  Sas- 
  

   katchewan, 
  winters 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Central 
  America, 
  and 
  was 
  

   fonnerly 
  a 
  regular 
  spring 
  and 
  fall 
  migrant 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

   but 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  abundant 
  species 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  Giraud 
  and 
  Pike. 
  It 
  

   is 
  now 
  a 
  rare 
  visitant 
  or 
  straggler. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  records 
  for 
  

   the 
  past 
  30 
  years 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  notice 
  : 
  

  

  Syracuse, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  June 
  1876. 
  (Hewlett). 
  Birds 
  Cen. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  32 
  

  

  Shinnecock 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  12, 
  1881; 
  Sept. 
  1-8, 
  1883, 
  (3); 
  Aug. 
  25, 
  1885; 
  Aug. 
  31, 
  

  

  1885, 
  (3); 
  Sept. 
  15, 
  1885. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  437 
  

   Atlanticville, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  23, 
  1887; 
  Aug. 
  27, 
  1887, 
  (pr.);July 
  28, 
  1888. 
  (W. 
  M. 
  Lawrence). 
  

  

  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Shinnecock, 
  L. 
  L 
  Aug. 
  31, 
  1887. 
  (Perkins). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

   Good 
  Ground, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Aug. 
  18, 
  1888. 
  (Hendrickson). 
  Braislin, 
  Birds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

  

  1907. 
  p. 
  61 
  

   Orleans 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  1888. 
  (W. 
  F. 
  Palmer). 
  David 
  Bruce, 
  Notes 
  

   Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  Aug. 
  23, 
  1890. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Parks 
  

   Niagara 
  river, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  1891. 
  James 
  Savage, 
  Notes 
  

  

  Limosa 
  haemastica 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Hudsonian 
  Godwit 
  

  

  Plate 
  37 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  haemastica 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1 
  : 
  147 
  

   Limosa 
  hudsonica 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  253, 
  fig. 
  230 
  

   Limosa 
  haemastica 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  251 
  

  

  hcemas'tica, 
  Gr. 
  dt/mo-TiKos, 
  bloody-red 
  

  

  Description. 
  Much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  Marbled 
  godwit, 
  but 
  similar 
  in 
  

   shape. 
  Upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  white, 
  the 
  lateral 
  ones 
  tipped 
  with 
  black; 
  tail 
  

   black 
  except 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  narrow 
  tip 
  which 
  are 
  white; 
  primaries 
  blackish 
  with 
  

   white 
  shafts 
  and 
  bases; 
  axillars 
  black. 
  Summer: 
  Head, 
  neck 
  and 
  upper 
  

   parts 
  varied 
  with 
  blackish 
  and 
  pale 
  chestnut 
  and 
  buffy; 
  under 
  parts 
  deep 
  

   chestnut 
  barred 
  with 
  dusky 
  and 
  often 
  tipped 
  with 
  whitish. 
  Winter: 
  Upper 
  

   parts 
  plain 
  brownish 
  gray; 
  head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  dingy 
  white 
  or 
  

  

  