SHORE BIRDS 
247. Western Sandpiper. Ereunetes maun. 
Range. — Western North America, breeding in 
the Arctic regions and migrating through the 
United States, chiefly west of the Mississippi to 
the Gulf States and southward. 
Scarcely to be distinguish- 
ed from the preceding spe- 
cies, but the upper parts are 
said to be brighter and the 
bill, to average a trifle long- 
er. The nesting habits and 
eggs are precisely the same 
as those of the Semipalmated 
Grayish buff. variety. Data. — Cape Prince 
of Wales, Alaska, June 28, 1898. Four eggs. Nest 
a neatly rounded hollow, sunk into a mossy hum- 
mock in marshy ground. Collector, Joseph Grin- 
nell. 
248. Sanderling. Calidris leucophaea. 
Range.- — Found in all parts of the northern hem- 
isphere, breeding within the Arctic Circle and 
wintering in North America, from California and 
South Carolina southward. 
A handsome and abundant species, found dur- 
ing migrations by thousands on beaches and about 
large bodies of water in the interior. They are 
one of the lightest colored of the Sandpipers, 
either in winter or summer plumage. In summer 
the upper parts are a light rusty color and black, 
and the whole underparts are white. Owing to 
their extreme northerly distribution in summer, 
but few of their eggs have been taken. Their 
nesting habits are like those of the other Sandpip- 
ers. The three or four eggs are greenish buff in 
color, spotted and blotched with brown. Size 1.45 x .95. Data. — Peel River, 
Alaska, June 18, 1897. Three eggs in a depression on the ground. 
Western Sandpiper. 
Sanderling-. 
Marbled Godwit. 
24.Q. Marbled Godwit. Limosa fedoa. 
Range. — North America, breeding, chiefly in the interior, from northern 
United States northward. 
Godwits are large Plovers with long slightly upcurved bills. This species 
is 19 inches in length, is of a nearly uniform ruddy color and is handsomely 
marbled above, and barred below with black. Their eggs are laid upon the 
ground in the vicinity of ponds or rivers; sometimes there is no lining and 
again a few straws or grasses may be twisted around the depression. Their 
eggs number three or four and have a ground color of grayish or greenish buff, 
sometimes quite dark, and are blotched with dark brown. Size 2.25 x 1.60. 
Data.- — Devil’s Lake, N. D., June 10, 1895. Four eggs laid on the ground in the 
middle of an un-used road. Lined with a few grasses. Collector, W. F. Hill. 
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