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general, breeding from Iowa, Dakota, ete. north to Alaska, 
migrating south in winter to Guatemala, Yucatan, and Cuba. 
249. L. fedoa (LInn.). Marbled Godwit. 
c. Upper tail-coverts white, spotted with dusky ; axillars and under wing- 
coverts white, marked irregularly with dusky. 
d'. Rump white, marked with broad, acuminate streaks of dusky ; 
head, neck, and lower parts very deep cinnamon in summer 
adult; length about 17.00, wing 8.25-8.50, culmen 2.95-3.80, 
tarsus 2.00-2.15, middle toe 1.10-1.20. Hab. Northern portion 
of eastern hemisphere. 
L. lapponica (Linn.), Bar-tailed Godwit.1 
@. Rump dusky, the feathers margined with white ; head, neck, and 
lower parts paler cinnamon in summer adult. Summer adult: 
Head, neck, and lower parts, plain cinnamon-color; back and 
scapulars irregularly varied with blackish, whitish, and light 
rusty; wing-coverts light grayish, with dusky shaft-streaks 
and whitish margins. Winter plumage: Head, neck, and lower 
parts whitish, the head and neck streaked, the breast and sides 
scantily and irregularly barred, with grayish brown; back and 
scapulars plain brownish gray; otherwise, as in summer. Young: 
Above, including wing-coverts, light buffy grayish, or dull clay- 
color, irregularly varied with dusky; lower parts dull buffy 
whitish, shaded across chest with deeper grayish buff. Length 
14.60-16.00, wing 8.25-9.15, culmen 3.15-4.70, tarsus 2.00-2.45, 
middle toe 1.10-1.33. Eggs 2.25 x 1.45, similar in color to 
those of Z. fedoa. Hab. Coasts of eastern Asia and across to 
Alaska, migrating south in winter to New Zealand and Austra- 
lia; Lower California (casual, in winter). 
250. L. lapponica baueri (Naum.). Pacific Godwit. 
b’. Tail not distinctly barred, but uniform black, with white base and tip. 
Upper tail-coverts crossed by a broad band of pure white; longer 
upper tail-coverts, rump, and axillars plain sooty blackish, or dusky ; 
under wing-coverts chiefly dusky. Summer plumage: Head and 
neck pale chestnut, streaked with dusky ; lower parts deeper chest- 
nut, barred with dusky ; back, etc., blackish, irregularly varied with 
buffy. Winter plumage: Back, ete., plain dull brownish gray ; head, 
neck, and lower parts dull whitish, or pale grayish buffy, shaded 
with brownish gray anteriorly. Young: Back, etc., dull brownish 
gray, each feather marked with a submarginal dusky crescent and 
margined terminally with buffy; beneath pale dull grayish buffy, 
the belly whitish and chest more grayish. Length 14.00-16.75, 
wing 8.10-8.60, culmen 2.85-3.45, tarsus 2.25-2.50, middle toe 1.15- 
1.30. Eggs 2.20 X 1.42, ovate, deep olive, hair-brown, or broccoli- 
1 Scolopax lapponica Linn., S. N, ed. 10, i. 1758, 147. Limosa lapponica Gray, Gen. B. iii, 1849, 570. 
