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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
“ Many of those birds that frequent the marshes are annoyed 
by insects which intrude themselves under the feathers—par¬ 
ticularly under the wings. The Willet seems to be a favorite 
bird for those tormentors to quarter upon—so much so, that 1 
have frequently supposed that I had performed an act of kind¬ 
ness by shooting it.” 
No. 7. The Marlin — Genus Limosa; Briss. Godvnt. 
Bill very long, a little recurved from the middle—rather slen¬ 
der, thicker at the base; lower mandible shorter; head mode¬ 
rate ; neck rather long; wings long, very acute; tail short, 
even; legs long; toes four, rather slender—hind toe small, mid¬ 
dle toe longest, anterior toes connected at the base by webs, the 
outer web much larger. 
Limosa Fedoa; Linn.—Great Marbled Godvnt. 
Great Marbled Godwit, Scolopax Fedoa, Wils. Limosa Fedoa, Bonap. Syn. 
Limosa Fedoa, Great Marbled Godwit, Sw. & Rich. Great Marbled God- 
wit, Nutt. Man. Great Marbled Godwit, Limosa Fedoa, Aud. 
“Specific Character. —Bill at base yellow, toward the end black¬ 
ish brown; upper parts spotted and barred with yellowish grey, 
and brownish-black; lower parts pale reddish-brown; tail 
darker, barred with black. Adult male with the bill at the base 
yellowish-brown, toward the end black; head and neck gray¬ 
ish-brown, tinged with pale-reddish, streaked with dusky— 
darker on the upper part of the head, and hind neck; throat 
whitish; lower parts pale reddish-brown ; under tail coverts 
barred with brown ; tail reddish-brown, barred with dusky; up¬ 
per tail coverts the same; upper parts barred with brownish- 
black, and pale reddish-brown, spotted with dusky; inner pri¬ 
maries tipped with yellowish-white ; scapulars and wing co¬ 
verts barred with pale reddish-brown, and grayish-white ; shaft 
of the first primary white, dusky at the tip ; inner shafts at the 
base white, rest part light-brown, excepting the tips, which are 
dusky. Length sixteen inches, wing nine and a half. Female 
larger, exceeding the male from three to four inches. 
