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on tho breast. The toes have plain webbing at the base. In winter this bird 
is more ashy. 
Breeds in Labrador to North Alaska. Winters in West Indies to South 
America. Abundant transient on the New Jersey coast. 
Western Sandpiper —( Ereunetes occidentalis). 
This bird is much like the last in every way. In summer it can be dis¬ 
tinguished from it by the brownish-red edgings to the feathers of the back 
and usually, also, by the heavier spots on the breast. In fall and winter the 
best method is by the comparison of the length of the bill. 
Breeds in northwestern North America. Winters in southwestern States to 
Mexico and South America. A straggler from the west, occasionally accom¬ 
panying the preceding during migrations. 
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Sanderling; Rudely “Plover;” Surf Snipe —( Calidm 
arenaria ). 
A common, three-toed, beach-living, mottled-brownish sandpiper, with short 
bill and unspotted white belly. In winter the reddish of the back is replaced 
by grayish. 
Breeds far northward. Winters in south Atlantic States to South America. 
Abundant transient on the New Jersey coast, keeping pretty much to the 
beach. 
Marbled Godwit; Brown Marlin — ( Limosa fedoa). 
A veiy large, shy, long-billed, long-legged, generally brownish-red-colored, 
mottled snipe, with the upper parts much darker, usually blackish marbled 
with huffy. 
Breeds in Iowa and Dakota to Alaska. Winters in Guatemala, Mexico and 
Cuba. Bather rare transient on the New Jersey coast, where it seems to have 
been more plentiful formerly. 
Hudsonian Godwit; Ring-tailed Marlin — ( Limosa hcemastica). 
A bird similar to the last, but smaller and with the upper tail coverts white 
and the tail black, with a narrow tip of white. It is rare on the Atlantic 
coast, migrating chiefly through the interior. 
Breeds far northward. Winters in South America. Rather scarce tran¬ 
sient on the coast. 
Greater Iellow-legs; Greater Tell-tale; Bong-legged 
Tattler—( Totanus melanoleucus ). 
A rather common, large, long, yellow-legged, long-billed, mottled, brownish- 
gray- sacked, wbite-rumped snipe, with the white under parts spotted on the 
reast and sides. In winter the back is grayer and the under parts are less 
spotted. 
Breeds in northern North America, southward to Iowa. Winters in south 
Atlantic States to South America. Common transient on the New Jersey coast. 
