SCOLOPACIDiE, SNIPE, ETC. — GEN. 212, 213. 



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scapulars ; below, uniform browiiLsh-red, much as iu the robin, fiiding into 

 white on the flanks and crissum ; upper tail coverts white with dusky bars ; 

 tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges ; quills blackish, 

 gray on the inner webs and with white shafts ; bill and feet blackish. 

 Young : above clear ash, with numerous black-aud-white semicircles ; below 

 white, more or less tinged with reddish, dusky-speckled on breast, wavy- 

 barred on sides. Atlantic coast, abundant. Wils., vii, 36, 43, pi. 57, f. 2, 

 5; NuTT., ii, 125; Aud.,v, 254, pi. 328; Cass, in Bd., 715. . canutus. 



plX- \ 212. Genus CALIDRIS Cuvier. 



Scmderling. Ruddy Plover. No hind toe ; otherwise, form exactly as 



in Trlnga proper ; 7J-8 ; wing 4J-5 ; tail 2J ; bill about 1 ; tarsus 1 or 



rather less; middle toe and claw f. Adult in summer: head, neck and 



upper parts varied with black, ashy and bright 

 reddish ; below from the breast pure white ; tail 

 except central feathers light ash, nearly white ; 

 ])rimaries gray with blackish edges and tips, the 

 shafts of all and bases of most, white ; secondaries 

 white except a space at the end, and greater coverts 

 broadly Avhite-tipped ; bill and feet black. Adult 

 in winter, and young : little or no reddish ; speckled 

 with black and white, or ash and white, below 

 white, sometimes tawny-tinged on the jngulum. 



N. Am., coastwise, abundant. Wils., vii, 68, 129, pi. 59, f. 4; pi. 63, f. 3 ; 



NuTT.. ii, 4; Aud., v, 287, pi. 338; Cass, in Bd., 723. . . aeenaria. 



Fig. 167. Foot of Sanderling 



213. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. 



W"^ Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Tail barred throughout with black and 

 rufous ; rumjD and upjDer tail coverts like the back ; no pure white anywhere. 

 General plumage rufous or cinnamon-browu ; below, nearly unmarked and 

 of very variable shade, usually deepest on 

 the lining of the wings ; above, variegated 

 with black and brown or gray ; quills rufous 

 aud black ; bill flesh colored, largely tipped 

 Avith black ; feet dark. Large ; 16-22 ; wing 

 about 9; tail about 3^ ; bill 4-5, grooved 

 nearly to the end, usually sUghthj recurved ; 

 tibiae bare 1-1^^; tarsus 2J-3^, scutellate 

 before and behind; toes 1|, stout. Tem- ^^^-=^3 

 perate North America, abundant ; conspic- 

 uous by its size and coloration among the 

 waders that throng the shores and muddy 

 or sandy bars of bays and estuaries during 

 the migration ; breeds in the U. S. as well as northward. Wils., vii, 30, pi. 

 56, f. 1 ; NuTT., ii, 173 ; Aud., v, 331, pi. 348 ; Cass, iu Bd., 740. fedoa. 



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Fig. les. Great Mavbleil Godwit. 



