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3. L. haemastica. Upper tail-coverts crossed by a wide band of pure white ; longer upper 
tail-coverts, entire rump, and axillars, uniform dusky ; lining of wing dusky, spotted 
with white outwardly. Summer plumage : Beneath, chestnut barred with dusky ; above, 
blackish. Winter plumage : Beneath, whitish, without markings, the breast and jugu- 
lum grayish ; above, uniform brownish gray, except rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail . 
Young : Beneath, light grayish clay-color, darker on breast ; above, brownish gray, feath- 
ers bordered with ochraceous, and somewhat spotted with dusky. Wing, 8. 10-8. GO ; cul- 
men, 2.85-3.45 ; tarsus, 2.25-2.50 ; middle toe, 1.15-1.30. Hub. America. 
B. Wing with two white patches, one at base of inner primaries, the other occupying the greater 
part of the secondaries. 
4. L. aegocephala. Upper tail-coverts, rump, and tail much as in Hudsonica ; axillars and 
lining of wing pure white'. Wing, 8.25; culmen, 3.70 ; tarsus, 2.85; middle toe, 1.25. 
Hah. Palsearctic Region ; Greenland. 
Limosa fedoa. 
THE MARBLED GODWIT. 
Scolopax fedoa, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 244 (based on Fedoa americana, Edw. 137, and Limosa arneri- 
canarufa, Brass. Y. 287). — Wils. Am Orn. VII. 1813, 30, pi. 56, f. 4. 
Limosa fedoa, Ord. ed. Wilson, VII. 1825. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 395. — Nutt. Man. II. 
1834, 173. — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 287 ; V. 590, pi. 238 ; Synop. 1839, 246 ; B. Am. V. 
1842, 331, pi. 348. — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 1858, 740. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, 
no. 547. — Coues, Key, 1872, 257 ; Check List, 1873, no. 428 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 492. 
Limosa fceda, Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 543. — -Coues, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 628. 
Scolopax marmorata, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 720. 
“ Limosa americana, Stephens, Shaw’s Gen. Zool.” 
“ Limosa adspersa, Licht.” 
IIab. North America ; breeding in the interior of the continent (Missouri Region and north- 
ward), wintering southward to Yucatan and Guatemala ; Cuba. 
Sp. Char. Bill long, curved upwards ; both mandibles grooved ; wings long ; tail short ; legs 
long ; tibia with its lower half naked ; toes rather short, margined and flattened underneath ; the 
outer and middle toes united by a rather large membrane. Entire upper parts variegated with 
brownish black and pale reddish, the former disposed in irregular and confluent bands, and the 
latter in spots and imperfect bands ; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, 
and the pale red on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transverse 
lines of brownish black on the breast and sides ; under wing-coverts and axillaries darker rufous ; 
outer webs of primaries dark brown, inner webs light rufous ; secondaries light rufous ; tail light 
rufous, with transverse bars of brownish black. “ Bill dull flesh-color in its basal half, the rest 
blackish brown ; iris brown ; feet bluish gray ” (Audubon.) 
