58 Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Geographic index.—Ala., beach-bird; B. C., lake-plover; Fla., sand peep; Me., 
beach-bird, bull peep; Mass., beach-bird, beach-plover, bull peep, grayback, skin- 
ner, stib, whitey, whiting, white snipe; Md., beach-bird; Miss., surf snipe; N. F., 
beach-bird; NV. Y., beach-plover, beach snipe, strand snipe, surf snipe, white snipe; 
NV. C., clamchaser, white sea-chicken; N.S., white snipe; Oreg., beach-bird, sander- 
ling; R. J., sanderling; Va., clayton, sanderling, sand snipe; Wash., white-plover. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Ruddy-plover, sanderling-plover, sanderling sandpiper. 
249. Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa). (Fie. 43.) 
Range.—North America, Breeds from the valley of the Saskatchewan south to North Dakota (formerly 
to Iowa and Wisconsin); winters from southern Lower California, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia to 
Guatemala and Belize; casualin California in winter; in migration occurs on the Pacific coast north to 
British Columbia, and on the Atlantic coast to the Maritime Provinces of Canada (formerly) and south 
to the Lesser Antilles; accidentalin Alaska. 
none 
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VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local use.—Badger-bird, brant-bird (Mass.); brown marlin (Long Id., N. Y.); 
brown snipe (Utah); common marlin (R. I.); curlew (Me., Mass., N.C.,8.C., N. W.T., 
Nebr., Miss.); horse-foot marlin (N. J.); marlin (Long Id., N. Y., N. J., Va., Ill.); 
marlin-curlew (Va.); red-curlew, red marlin (N. Y., N. J.); sea snipe (La.); spikebill, 
spike-billed curlew (N.J.); straight-bill (Miss.); straight-billed curlew (Mass., N. Y., 
N.J., Va., N.C.,8.C., Ill.); tifer-schnepfe (shore snipe) (Mo.). 
Geographic index.—Ill., marlin, straight-billed curlew; La., sea snipe; Me., curlew; 
Mass., badger-bird, brant-bird, curlew, straight-billed curlew; Miss., curlew, straight- 
bill; Mo., iifer-schnepfe; Nebr., curlew; NV. J., horse-foot marlin, marlin, red-curlew, 
red marlin, spike bill, spike-billed curlew, straight-billed curlew; NV. Y., brown 
marlin, marlin, red-curlew, red marlin, straight-billed curlew; NV. C., curlew, straight- 
billed curlew; V. W. 7., curlew; Rk. J., common marlin; S. C., curlew, straight-billed 
curlew; Utah, brown snipe; Va., marlin, marlin-curlew, straight-billed curlew. 
BOOK NAMES. 
American bar-tailed godwit, American godwit, barge (godwit), barge marbrée 
(marbled godwit), barge rousse de la baie d’Hudson (red godwit of Hudson Bay), 
prownbaek, doe bird, greater American godwit, great godwit, great marbled godwit, 
humility. 
