Long-billed Dowitcher ill 
The nest is a mere depression in the grass, generally 
on or under a sheltering tuft ; it is lmed with a few leaves. 
The eggs, 3 to 4 in number, are somewhat pyriform 
in shape, and are olive to brownish with bold markings 
of dark umber and sharp, scratchy lines of black. They 
measure 155 x 1:15. Scott’s nest was found in June 
near Twin Lakes. There is no more definite information 
on the nesting-date for Colorado. 
Genus MACRORHAMPHUS. 
Bill and position of ear-opening Snipe-like, otherwise resembling 
w Sandpiper; wings rather long and pointed; tail of twelve feathers 
doubly emarginate ; legs long, tarsus exceeding middle toe and claw ; 
tibia naked for about an inch above the joint; toes webbed basally, 
most fully between the middle and outer toe; tail-feathers barred. 
The genus contains only one species, forming two subspecies. The 
western race, which is found in Colorado, is rather larger, has a longer 
bill, and is rather more highly coloured. 
Long-billed Dowitcher. 
Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. 
A.O.U. Checklist no 232—Colorado Records—Henshaw 75, p. 453 ; 
Allen & Brewster 83, p. 197; Drew 85, p. 18; Morrison 89, p. 167; 
Cooke 97, pp. 19, 65; Hersey & Rockwell 09, p. 115. 
Description. Female in summer—Above, except the rump and lower- 
back, speckled and mottled with black, brown and buff; a dusky 
stripe from the eye to the bill; rump white, upper tail-coverts barred 
with black; tail barred black and white; below bright cinnamon, 
speckled on the throat, barred along the sides and on, the under tail- 
coverts with dusky ; iris hazel, bill and feet greenish-dusky. Length 
11-0; wing 5-8; tail 2-5; culmen 2:8; tarsus 1-55. 
In winter there is no cinnamon and the bird is grey-brown, above, 
the feathers edged paler, below grey on the neck and breast, paling 
to white on the abdomen, a white superciliary line to the bill and 
spot below the eye. The male is similar but smaller; wing 5-70; 
culmen 2-45. 
Distribution.—Breeding from Alaska to British Columbia, south and 
south-east in winter to Florida and Central Mexico. 
In Colorado the Dowitcher is only known as a migrant, and has been 
reported only from the plains portion of the State east of the Rocky 
