No. 61. 



Limosa hsemastica. 



Summer plumage. Back and wings grayish and blackish 

 brown with rather angular pale tan markings ; tail-feathers 

 black (or brownish black) with ends narrowly tipped with 

 white ; lower back nearly plain dark brown separated from the 



No. 61. Summer Plumage. 



black of the tail by a broad white patch ("Spot-rump"); head 

 and neck streakily marked with pale gray and blackish ; the 

 longer wing-feathers (primaries) deep brown with white shafts 

 and touches of white about their bases. Under parts reddish 



