594 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



neck streaked. Length, 16 to 22 inches; tail, 3| inches; bill, 

 4J inches. 



" Known generally as the ' marlin.' Arrives in May, and 

 re-appears in September. Flies always in flocks, and is a wild 

 bird. Frequents the bays rather than bea6h. Never seen 

 inland." 



L. hsBinaetioa, L. (hudsonica — Abbott's Catalogue.) Hudsonian God- 

 wit. [Improperly, Black-tailed Godwit.] Ring-tailed Marlin. 



Tail black, white at base and tip ; head and neck pale chest- 

 nut, streaked with dusky ; lower parts deeper chestnut, barred ; 

 back blackish, variegated with buffy ; winter plumage brownish 

 gray above; head and lower parts grayish white. Length, 15 

 inches ; tarsus, 2 J inches ; bill, 3 J inches. 



" Known as the ' ring-tailed marlin.' ' Arrives also in May, 

 and re-appears in September. Is not as abundant as the preced- 

 ing, whose habits are the same as the species under consideration." 



TOTANUS, Bechs. 



melanoleucus, Gmel. Greater Yellow-legs. Greater Tell-tale. 

 Yellow-shanks. Stone Snipe. 



Legs long, yellow ; tarsus, 2f inches ; inner web of toes very 

 small ; bill very slender, 2J inches, not curved ; rump grayish, 

 spotted with dusky ; flanks barred with dusky ; in summer, gray- 

 ish, spotted with white above, barred with dusky below (except 

 on belly); in winter, lighter. in color. Length, 12J inches; tail, 

 3i inches. 



"Arrive in May, and a few remain during the summer. Are 

 abundant again in August. Frequent the Delaware, and occa- 

 sionally very large flocks are seen on the river, but generally they 

 are associated with the following species." 



flavipes, Gmel. Lesser Tell-tale. Yellow-legs. Yellow-shanks. 



Colors as in preceding ; smaller ; legs longer (proportionally). 

 Length, 11 inches; tail, 2J inches; bill. If inches; tarsus, 2 

 inches. 



" Very abundant. Arrive along our coast and rivers in May ; 

 a few remain ' during the summer, and re-appear in August. 

 Generally fly in immense flocks. On the Delaware are most 

 numerous in August, and are then much wilder than in May. 

 None seen after October 15th." 



