. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 167. Foot of Sanderling 213. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. W"^ Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Tail barred throughout with black and rufous ; rumjD and upjDer tail coverts like the back ; no pure white anywhere. General plumage rufous or cinnamon-browu; below, nearly unmarked and of very variable shade, usually deepest on the lining of the wing
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 167. Foot of Sanderling 213. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. W"^ Great Marbled Godwit. Marlin. Tail barred throughout with black and rufous ; rumjD and upjDer tail coverts like the back ; no pure white anywhere. General plumage rufous or cinnamon-browu; below, nearly unmarked and of very variable shade, usually deepest on the lining of the wings ; above, variegated with black and brown or gray ; quills rufous aud black ; bill flesh colored, largely tipped Avith black; feet dark. Large ; 16-22 ; wing about 9; tail about 3^; bill 4-5, grooved nearly to the end, usually sUghthj recurved; tibiae bare 1-1^^; tarsus 2J-3^, scutellate before and behind; toes 1|, stout. Tem- ^^^-=^3 perate North America, abundant; conspic- uous by its size and coloration among the waders that throng the shores and muddy or sandy bars of bays and estuaries during the migration ; breeds in the U. S. as well as northward. Wils., vii, 30, pi. 56, f. 1; NuTT., ii, 173 ; Aud., v, 331, pi. 348 ; Cass, iu Bd., 740. fedoa. KEY TO N. A. BIRDS. 33. Fig. les. Great Mavbleil Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Salem [Mass. ] Naturalists' Agency; New York, Dodd and Mead; [etc. , etc. ,]
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