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MARBLED GODWIT. 
waved across with duKsky lines, each feather having a 
narrow line near the tip : the tail-feathers white at 
the base, taking up most space as the feathers ap- 
proach outwards : the rest of their length dusky black : 
legs black : wings and tail of equal lengths.'* In- 
habits Hudson's Bay. It is in high estimation for 
the table, and is eagerly sought after by sportsmen, 
on the bars and shores of the large rivers and lakes, 
where it feeds : it breeds in the north. 
MARBLED GODWIT. 
(Fedoa marmorata.) 
Fe. nigricante paUideqiie riifo mnadathn varia, ahdomine medio 
superciliis gnldque albidis, pectorc fusco undulato, remigibus 
riifescentibiis qnatiior primis extiis cipiceque nigris. 
Gotlwit varied with dusky and pale^ and spotted with black, the 
middle of the abdomen, eyebrows, and throat whitish, the breast 
undulated with brown, the quills reddish, the four first with 
the outer webs and tip black. 
Scolopax marmorata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 720. 
Marbled Godwit. Lath, Gen, Si/n. Sup. 245. Perm. Arct. Zool. 
Sup, p. 68. 
The description of this species is also taken from 
Dr. Latham's Supplement. " Length nineteen inches : 
beak nearly four inches ; colour a dull orange ; to- 
wards the end black : all the upper parts brown, more 
or less streaked and spotted with rufous-white : be- 
tween the beak and eye, also the chin, white : on 
