174 FEATHERED GAME 
HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 
(Limosa hzmastica.) 
The whole of North, Central and South Amer- 
ica is the habitat of this species. In North 
America most common on the eastern half, and 
while nowhere abundant, this is the godwit most 
often taken in New England. It is very rare 
on the Pacific coast, or, in fact anywhere west 
of the Rockies. It is considerably different 
from the species last described, and of smaller 
size. The black rump and white tail coverts 
will show the distinction at once, to say nothing 
of the barrings in black and white on the under 
parts; also the linings of the wings are black- 
ish. These are the most striking differences; 
for the rest, above, blackish, with a greenish 
gloss, the edges of the feathers scalloped with 
red-brown, tawny yellow and grayish. Primar- 
ies dusky with white shafts, darkening at the 
tips. Coverts dusky, tipped with white. Rump 
black. Upper tail coverts white. Tail feath- 
ers black, white at base and white-tipped. Be- 
low, reddish chestnut, crossed with irregular 
black bars; lower breast, flanks and under tail 
coverts more heavily barred and having con- 
