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Range. — N. and S. Hemispheres. Breeds from Melville Is., Ellesmere 
Land, and n. Greenland to Pt. Barrow, Alaska, n. Mackenzie, Iceland, and 
in n. Siberia; winters from cen. Calif., Tex., Va., and Bermuda to Patagonia, 
and casually to Mass., and Wash.; also from the Mediterranean, Burma, 
and Japan to S. Africa and various Pacific islands, including Hawaii. 
Washington, rare T. V., Sept.-Oct. Long Island, common T. V., Mch. 
15 through May; July 20-Oct. 1. Ossining, tolerably common T. V. to 
June 5; Sept. 9-Oct. 5. Cambridge, casual, one instance, Sept. N. Ohio, 
common T. V., May 1-20; Sept. 1-Oct. 10. SE. Minn., T. V., May 14. 
Eggs , 3-4, light olive-brown, finely spotted or speckled with darker, 
the markings larger and more blended on the larger end, 1*41 x *91 (Ridgw.). 
Date , Anderson River, Mack., June 27. 
This is a true beach bird, and is usually found on shores washed 
by the sea. It frequently associates with the Semipalmated Sandpiper, 
or Oxeye, which it resembles in habits, but its larger size and lighter 
colors distinguish it from that species. 
249. Limosa fedoa {Linn.). Marbled God wit. Ads. in summer.— 
Upperparts black, the head and neck streaked with buffy, back barred or 
the feathers spotted on the sides and sometimes tipped with buffy or ochra- 
ceous-buff ; inner web of outer primaries and both webs of inner ones ochra - 
ceous-buff or pale buffy, speckled with black ; tail ochraceous-buff barred with 
black; throat white, rest of underparts pale buffy, spotted or barred with 
black; bill curved slightly upward, yellowish at the base, black at the end. 
Juv. — Similar, but underparts with few or no bars except on flanks and under 
tail-coverts. L., 18*00; W., 8*75; Tar., 2*75; B., 4*00. 
Range. — N. A. Breeds from valley of the Saskatchewan s. to N. D. 
(formerly to Iowa and Wise.); winters from s. L. Calif., La., Fla., and Ga. to 
Guatemala and Belize; casual in Calif, in winter; in migration occurs on the 
Pacific coast n. to B. C., and on the Atlantic coast to the Maritime Provinces 
(formerly) and s. to the Lesser Antilles; accidental in Alaska. 
Long Island, rare T. V., Aug. and Sept. 
Eggs, 3-4, clay-color or brownish ashy, blotched, spotted, and scrawled 
with grayish brown, 2*15 x 1*60. Date, Minor Co., S. D., May 16. 
This is a common bird about the sloughs of Alberta prairies where 
its loud, frequently uttered double-noted call makes it conspicuous. 
It is rare on the Atlantic coast. 
1907. Bent, A. C., Auk, XXIV, 160-167 (nesting). 
251. Limosa hsemastica {Linn.). Hud«onian Godwit. Ads. in 
summer. — Bill slightly curved upward. Upper tail-coverts black and white; 
tail black at the end, white at the base; above black, rusty and grayish; 
below reddish brown, barred with blackish and faintly tipped with white. 
Juv. — Similar, but below buffy whitish, breast grayer. Ads. and Juv. in 
winter. — Similar to the young below, but above brownish gray. L., 15; 
W., 8*2; Tar., 2*2; B., 3*2. 
Range. — N. and S. A. Breeds from the lower Anderson River se. to cen. 
Keewatin; winters in Argentina, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands; 
in migration occurs principally e. of the Great Plains, most commonly on 
the Atlantic coast in autumn and in the Miss. Valley in spring; casual in 
Alaska. 
Long Island, rare T. V., Aug.-Oct. Cambridge, one record. 
Eggs, 3-4, deep olive, hair-brown, or broccoli-brown (sometimes paler), 
usually more or less spotted with darker brown, but sometimes nearly 
uniform, 2*20 x 1*42 (Ridgw.). Date, Ft. Anderson, Mack., June 9. 
This species is becoming one of our rarest Shore Birds. 
