172 FEATHERED GAME 
primaries are white-margined. Below every- 
where white, on the throat and neck faintly and 
irregularly streaked, and on the flanks marked 
with wavy bars, of black. 
THE GREAT MARBLED GODWIT. 
(Limosa fedoa.) 
With the exception of the ‘‘sickle-billed cur- 
lew’’ this is the largest of our shore-birds. 
This species is mainly found in the interior 
through the central portions of the continent 
where usually its migratory flights are made, 
and, except well to the southward, it is not com- 
mon along the Atlantic coast; especially rare on 
New England’s shores. 
The bird looks like an overgrown ‘‘brown- 
back’’ with his red color and long, snipe-like bill. 
The wings are ample, extending well beyond the 
short, square-cut tail. He is a big fellow, meas- 
uring from seventeen to twenty inches in length, 
and having a spread of wings varying from 
thirty-three to thirty-seven inches. His general 
color is a light brownish red, everywhere on the 
back this shade showing on the edges and tips 
of the feathers, the central field of each being 
