. . has learned to do so by painfulexperience. The flocks move well together, but fly rathersteadily and usually low, directing their course along the are not much given to those graceful uniform evolutionswhich are performed by flocks of other species, during whichthe upper and under parts are alternately exposed to high tide they resort to the higher parts of the beach or tosome exposed sand bar, where they rest and often sleep, withthe head thrust into the feathers of the back. The Sanderling often feeds on beac
. . has learned to do so by painfulexperience. The flocks move well together, but fly rathersteadily and usually low, directing their course along the are not much given to those graceful uniform evolutionswhich are performed by flocks of other species, during whichthe upper and under parts are alternately exposed to high tide they resort to the higher parts of the beach or tosome exposed sand bar, where they rest and often sleep, withthe head thrust into the feathers of the back. The Sanderling often feeds on beaches or flats by plungingits bill into the sand in search of worms. At such times Audu-bon found sea-worms, minute shell-fish and gravel in the stom-achs of birds which he dissected; when they were seen followingthe receding waves and wading in the returning waters hefound that they had eaten shrimps and other Crustacea. 294 GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. MARBLED GODWIT {Limosa fedoa).Common or local names: Marlin; Brown Marlin; Red Curlew; Badger Length. — 16 to 22 inches; bill to Adult. — Head and neck pale buflF or pale cinnamon, streaked with blackish; prevailing color above dull reddish buff, varied with black; a broad whitish stripe from bill over eye; a narrow dark stripe below it; throat whitish; below pale rufous or buffy, varying in individuals; breast, flanks, rump and tail barred with brownish black; bill pinkish, black toward tip; legs and feet Marks. — Largest shore bird except the Long-billed Curlew, which it resembles in color. Conspicuous by its light reddish tone; bill curved slightly upward. No tvhite patch at base of — Now a very rare migrant, formerly more common; May, mid July and — North America. Breeds from valley of Saskatchewan south to North Dakota; winters from southern Lower California, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia to Guatemala and Belize; casual in California in winter; in
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