Shore Birds 



249. Marbled Godwil {Limosa fedoa). L. i8; 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- 

 hesoii, rarely Iowa and Nebraska northward; winters south of Unite* 

 Slates to Central America and West Indies. 



250. PaciflcGodwit {Limosala.ppomcabaiur{). L.:6, 

 B. 3.7, slightly recurved, tail barred black and white; 

 under wing-coverts black and white. Ads, "Head^ 

 neck and lower parts, plain cinnamon color." (Ridgw.f 

 iVinUr. Above black, grayish and rusty, former pre- 

 vailing; below white; throat streaked, el_sewhere with 

 irregular, black bars, Nate^:. "A loud ringing hO-wex, 

 repeated." 



Range. — "Shores and Islands of the Pacific Ocean, from New Zea- 

 land and Australia to Kamchatka and AUska. On the American coast 

 recorded south of Alaska only from La Paz, Lower California." (A. 

 O. U.) 



251. Hudsonian Godwit {Limosa hixmastica). 

 L. 15; B. 5.2, slightly recurved. Under wing-covi^rts 

 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. Yng. Similar, but below 

 bufi'y whitish, breast grayer. IVinter. Similar below 

 but above brownish gray. 



Range.— Eastern North America chiefly interior; bieeds In Arctic 

 Reeions; winters south of United Stales to South Ameriid. 



270. Black-bellied Plover I^Sqmtarola squatarola) . 

 I.. II. Hind-toe present, small. Ads, Above black 

 and white, no yellowish; below black. Vug. Above 

 grayish brown spotted with white and some yellowish; 

 below white. IVinter, Similar to preceding "but near- 

 ly uniform brownish above. 



Range.— Northern Hemisphere; breeds In Arctic Regions, winters \n 

 America from Florida to Brazil. 



272. American Golden Plover {Omradrms domini- 

 cus), L. 10,5; W. 7. No hind-toe; axillars duaky. 

 Ads. Above Conspicuously spotted with yellow; be- 

 low black, sides of breast white. Yng. Duller above» 

 below grayish white with dusky marks and yellowish 

 wash. IVmtgr. Similar but no yellow below. Noies, 

 Call, a plaintive too-l'ee-e; song, a marvelously har- 

 monious Succession of notes. (Nelson.) 



Range.— Western Hemisphere; breeds In Arctic Retjions; winters 

 from Florida to Pataeonla, rare on Pacific coast. 



272a. Pacific Golden Plover IC. d. ful'ous), Simi 

 lar to No. 272 but wing shorter, 6.5; yellow riclier. 



Range.— •■Breedlnjj from northern Asia to the Prlbilof Islands 

 and coast of Alaska, south In winter through China aii4 India to 

 Australia and Folynesla." (A. O. V.) 



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