. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . wnand nape, streaked with black; back and scapulars, black, margined withgrayish brown and ferruginous; wing-coverts, brownish gray, the greatertipped broadly with white, forming a bar on the wing; secondaries, whiteon outer web; primaries, brownish black, pale on inner web, with white 113 114 NOR TH A MERICA N SHORE BIRD S. shafts; under wi
. North American shore birds; a history of the snipes, sandpipers, plovers and their allies, inhabiting the beaches and marshes of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the prairies and the shores of the inland lakes and rivers of the North American continent . wnand nape, streaked with black; back and scapulars, black, margined withgrayish brown and ferruginous; wing-coverts, brownish gray, the greatertipped broadly with white, forming a bar on the wing; secondaries, whiteon outer web; primaries, brownish black, pale on inner web, with white 113 114 NOR TH A MERICA N SHORE BIRD S. shafts; under wing-coverts, white ; rump, very dark brown; upper tail-coverts, pure white ; tail, black, basal half white, center feathers tippedwith white; breast, pale cinnamon, barred with dusky; rest of lower parts,white, barred with black and cinnamon ; middle of abdomen and undertail-coverts, nearly pure white, with a few brown bars; bill, blackishbrown, orange at base; legs and feet, black; iris, brown. Length, 15^inches; wing, 8; culmen, 3^ ; tarsus, 2%. Adult in Winter.—Wings and their coverts, lower back, upper tail-cov-erts, and tail, same as in summer; head, neck, upper back, and scapulars^dark brownish gray; fore-neck, pale gray; lower parts, Tail of the Black-tailed Godwit.
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