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lane, near the Arctic Sea, was on the ground, con- 

 structed of grass and decayed leaves, in a little 

 hollow. A nest described by Fielding was situ- 

 ated on a gravel ridge, several hundred feet above 

 the sea-level, on a small depression in a recum- 

 bent Arctic willow. 



Other names for this bird are beach bird and 

 ruddy plover. 



MARBLED GODWIT 

 (Limosa fedod) 



Adult male and female in breeding plumage — Head and neck, pale 

 buff, with black streaks ; these are broadest and most numerous 

 on the top of the head and neck ; upper parts, entire, and scapu- 

 lars, reddish buff, irregularly barred with black ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, buff, barred with dark brown ; tail, reddish barred 

 irregularly with brown ; a broad superciliary stripe of white ; a 

 loral stripe of dark brown ; throat, white or buff; entire under 

 parts, pale rufous or buff, the color varying in intensity in dif- 

 ferent individuals, transversely crossed with wavy dark lines, 

 except the centre of the abdomen and anal region, which is 

 plain ; under wing-coverts, reddish buff; bill, long, curved up- 

 ward, both mandibles grooved ; dull flesh color at its base, 

 with the terminal half dark brown ; feet, bluish gray ; iris, brown. 



Adult male and female in winter — Resemble the spring plumage, 

 but the buff is paler and more indistinct. 



Young — Resemble adults, but are more finely mottled above; entire 

 lower parts, pale rufous, becoming buff on throat, not barred, 

 sparingly streaked with dusky on lower neck. 



Measurements — Length, 18 inches ; wing, 9 inches ; tail, 3.50 inches ; 

 bill, 4.50 inches ; tarsus, 3 inches. 



Eggs — Three to four in number; color, pale greenish drab, spotted 

 and blotched with yellowish and olive-brown; measure 2.27 by 

 1 .60 inches. 



Habitat — Breeds from Ohio (?), Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and 

 Minnesota, possibly Lower California, to Manitoba, Saskatche- 



