718 Eepoet of State GEOLOGib.-. 



Eare migrant. In former years it was common, a;ul possibly bred. 

 It is reported as breeding in Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa rDavie). Mr. 

 Chas. Dury tells me it was abundant at Chalmers, Ind., L^ years past. 

 In Carroll County Prof. ETermann found it in April, 188 1. This is 

 the only recent record I can find. Though in 1876 Mr. ISl. Ison con- 

 sidered it a rather common migrant, April 15 to May 15, and Septem- 

 ber 10 to October 20. 



This bird is much more abundant west of the Mississippi Kivei, 

 where it was found breeding abundantly in Traverse Lake region, in 

 western Minnesota, by Messrs. Eoberts and Benner (B. N". 0. C, Vol. 

 y, 1880, pp. 13, 18). It also breeds in Manitoba. 



101. (251). Limosa hsemastica (Lixn.). 



Hudsonian Godwit. 



Adult. — Smaller than last species; above, blackish-brown, irregu- 

 larly spotted and barred with pale ochraceous; rump, blackish; upper 

 tail coverts, white; tail, black, white at base and (narrowly) at tip; 

 primaries, brownish-black, their shafts white; below, chestnut-rufous, 

 barred with black and sometimes tipped with whitish; lining of wings 

 and axillars, black. Adult in Winter and Immature. — Above, plain 

 brownish-gray; below, white; breast, shaded with brownish-gray or 

 buffy. 



Length, 14.00-16.75; wing, 8.10-8.60; culmen, 2.85-3.45; tarsus, 

 3.25-2.50. 



Eange. — Eastern North America and the whole of middle and 

 South America. Breeds only in the high north, notably on the Barren 

 Grounds of the Arctic Ocean. Winters south beyond the United 

 States. 



Nest, a depression in ground, lined with grass. Eggs, 4; deep olive 

 with light and dark brown spots; 2.20 by 1.42. 



Eare migrant. I know of no recent instance of its capture. In 

 1879 Dr. Brayton said it was not very rai-e about Lake Michigan. 

 This was substantially as Mr. Nelson found it in 1876, when he noted 

 it as occurring from April 15 to May 10, and September to the first 

 of October (Birds of Northeastern Illinois, p. 128). Now I consider it 

 of very rare occurrence. I failed to get any records from my corre- 

 spondents either in Illinois or Indiana within the last fifteen years. 

 Mr. Eidgway gives it as an abundant migrant. 



It has been seen by Mr. Mcllwraith at St. Clair Flats, and Dr. 

 Wheaton notes it from Ohio. It prefers to migrate along the Atlantic 

 coast. 



