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69. American Woodcock. — Philohela minor. 



General color brown, more gray in the autumn; head brown, dark 

 brown line from bill to eye ; top of head black, crossed by narrow buff 

 lines ; upper parts variegated with reddish brown, black, and gray ; 

 under parts reddish buff; bill brown, lyi.-'i in. long; feet and legs 

 gray. Length, lo^^-ii^ in. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, north to British Provinces ; west- 

 ward to Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska. Southern States in winter. Colo- 

 rado, not common. 



(a) European Woodcock (Scolopax rusticold). 

 A much larger bird than No. 69. Easily distinguished by its size. 

 Hab. — An occasional visitor to Eastern North America. 



70. Pectoral Sandpiper. — Tringa maculata. 



Head and upper parts pale gray ; rump brownish black ; breast 

 and sides buff streaked with brown; under parts white; bill black; 

 legs and feet buff. Length, 8>^-9 in. ; wing, 5-5 | in. 



Hab. — The whole of North America, the West Indies, and the 

 greater part of South America. Breeds in the Arctic regions. 



71. Hudsonian Godwit. — Limosa h<zmastica. 



Head, back, and sides of neck grayish white ; back black marked 

 with buff, gray, and white ; upper tail coverts white ; tail black, base 

 and tip white; throat white streaked with black; lower parts dark 

 chestnut narrowly barred with black ; bill flesh color ; feet and legs 

 gray blue. Length, 14-16 in. ; wing, 8 in. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, and whole of Middle and South 

 America. Also in Alaska. South in winter to South America. 



72. Marbled Godwit. — Limosa fada. 



Head and neck buff streaked with black ; upper parts reddish buff 

 barred with black; white stripe from bill to above the eye; throat 

 white ; under parts rufous barred with brown ; bill flesh color on basal 

 half, brown black on remaining parts; feet g^ay. Length, 16^-20^ 

 in. ; wing, 8^ in. 



Hab. — North America generally, breeding in interior from Iowa 

 and Dakota north; south in winter to Guatemala, Yucatan, Cuba, etc. 



73. Black-necked Stilt. — Himantopusmexicanus. 



Forehead, spot above and below the eye, chin, throat, front and sides 

 of neck, under parts, rump and tail coverts white ; rest of head, hind 



