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Island and to tlie eastward It used to be known as the frost bird, so 
called on account of Its appearance at tbe time of tlie early frosts In 
autumn, but of late years It lias generally been called tbe golden- 
back. On tbe New Jersey and Delaware coasts it is termed tbo 
green-back. 
Great marbled godwit {Limosafedoa), marlin; humility; brown- 
back; straight-billed curlew. Known along tbe seaboard, from 
Maine to Maryland, as tbe marlin, though occasionally called tbe 
humility or bumilt, which name has also been given to the upland 
plover. On the coast of Maryland and Virginia it is known as the 
brown-back. In New Jersey It is sometimes called the straight¬ 
billed curlew. 
Hudsonian godwit ( Limosa hudsonica ), ring-tailed marlin; white¬ 
tailed marlin; humility; Virginia woodcock. Generally known 
everywhere as the ring-tailed marlin, so called from the white band 
crossing the tail feathers. In parts of New Jersey known as the 
Virginia woodcock. 
Semi-palmated snipe ( Totanus semipalmatus ), willet; marbled 
willet. Usually known as the willet on account of its cry. 
Tell-tale tattler or snipe ( Totanus melanoleuca) ; yelper; big yellow- 
legs; great yellow-shanks; tell-tale tattler; stone-snipe; large cucu; 
willet. Familiar to all sportsmen as the big yellow-legs; in parts of 
New Jersey called the willet; on Long Island and the upper coast of 
New Jersey the yelper, on account of Its piercing notes. 
Yellow-shanks, tattler or snipe ( Totanus flavipes ); yellow-legs; 
little yellow-legs; lesser tell-tale. Known everywhere as the yellow- 
legs. 
Red-breasted snipe ( Macrorhamphus griseus) ; dowitch; dowitcher 
quail-snipe; brown-back; gray snipe; driver. On Long Island and 
the northern coast of New Jersey called the dowitch; South New 
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina the brown- 
back. 
Turnstone ( Strepsilaa interpres ); calico-back; brant bird; chick¬ 
ling; chicarlc; sand runner; horse-foot snipe; beach bird. In Vir¬ 
ginia, Maryland, Delaware, Southern New Jersey, the calico-back, I 
on account of its reddish-Crown, mottled-colored back; Northernj 
New Jersey the horse-foot; Long Island and to the eastward the 
brant bird; the young on the New Jersey coast are called beach 
birds. 
Red-breasted sandpiper (Tiinga canutus ); robin snipe; knot; ash- 
colorcd sandpiper; gray-back; white robin snipe. Generally known 
everywhere on Long Island and New Jersey as the robin snipe, so- 
called in the spring as its brown plumage resembles the red-breasted 
thrush or robin. In September in the South it is called both gray- 
back and white robin snipe. 
Pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculcita)', krieker; meadow snipe; 
