Shore Birds. 
* 249, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa). L. 18; B. 4; 
slightly recurved. Tail barred, cinnamon and black; 
under wing-coverts cinnamon with more or less fine 
black markings. Ads. Above black and ochraceous; 
below buffy white finely and uniformly barred with 
black. Yng. Similar, but with no or with but few 
bars below. 
Range.—North America; breeds in the Interior from western Min- 
nesota, rarely lowa and Nebraska northward; winters south of United 
States to Central America and West Indies. 
250. Pacific Godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri). L.16. 
B. 3.7, slightly recurved, tail barred black and_ white; 
under wing-coverts black and white. ds. ‘‘Head, 
neck and lower parts, plain cinnamon color.” (Ridgw.) 
Winter. Above black, grayish and rusty, former pre- 
vailing; below white; throat streaked, elsewhere with 
irregular, black bars. Notes. ‘‘A loud ringing Aa-wew, 
repeated.” 
Range.—‘‘Shores and Islands of the Paclfic Ocean, from New Zea- 
land and Australiato Kamchatka and Alaska. On the American coast 
Sin south of Alaska only from La Paz, Lower California.”” (A. 
O.U. 
w 251. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa  bhemastica). 
L. 15; B. 3.2, slightly recurved. Under wing-coverts 
dusky; upper tail-coverts black and white; tail black at 
end,. white at base. Ads. Above black, rusty and 
grayish, below chestnut-red barred with blackish and 
faintly tipped with white. Yxg. Similar, but below 
buffy whitish, breast grayer. Winter. Similar below 
but above brownish gray. 
Range.—Eastern North America chiefly interior; breeds in Arctic 
Regions; winters south of United States to South America. 
*% 270. Black-bellied Plover (Squatarola squatarola). 
L. 11. Hind-toe present, small. Ads. Above black 
and white, no yellowish; below black. Yung. Above 
grayish brown spotted with white and some yellowish; 
below white. Wanter. Similar to preceding but near- 
ly uniform brownish above. 
Range.—Northern Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions, winters in 
America from Florida to Brazil. 
we 272. American Golden Plover (Charadrius domini- 
cus). L. 10.5; W. 7. No hind-toe; axillars dusky. 
Ads. Above conspicuously spotted with yellow; be- 
low black, sides of breast white. Yung. Duller above, 
below grayish white with dusky marks and yellowish 
wash. Winter. Similar but no yellow below. Notes. 
Call, a plaintive too-lee-e; song, a marvelously har- 
monious succession of notes. (Nelson.) 
Range.—Western Hemisphere; breeds in Arctic Regions; winters 
from Florida to Patagonia, rare on Pacific coast. 
272a. Pacific Golden Plover (C. d. fulous). Simi- 
lar to No. 272 but wing shorter, 6.5; yellow richer. 
Range.— ‘Breeding from northern Asia to the Pribilof Islands 
and coast of Alaska, south In winter through China and India to 
Australia and Polynesia.”’ (A. O. U.) 
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