. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ,J. O. Stringer. [252.] Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa limosa. A European and Asiatic species only casually occurring in Greenland. Verysimilar in appearance to our Hudsonian Godwit, which is frequently called bythe name of this species. The nesting habits and the eggs are precisely likethose of the American bird. [253.] Green Shank. Glottis nebularia. A common bird in Europe and the British Isles, but only American as havingbeen taken once in F
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ,J. O. Stringer. [252.] Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa limosa. A European and Asiatic species only casually occurring in Greenland. Verysimilar in appearance to our Hudsonian Godwit, which is frequently called bythe name of this species. The nesting habits and the eggs are precisely likethose of the American bird. [253.] Green Shank. Glottis nebularia. A common bird in Europe and the British Isles, but only American as havingbeen taken once in Florida. A very similar species to the following. 152 SHORE BIRDS 254. Greater melanoleucus. Range.—Whole of North America, nesting inthe British Provinces and rarely in the northernpart of the Mississippi Valley. This and the next species are much sought bysportsmen during their migrations; they arecommonly called Tell-tale, the present speciesbeing the Greater Tell-tale. They are blackishabove, speckled with white, and below are whiteand, in summer, marked with arrowhead spots ofblack. The legs, as implied by the name of the. bird, are yellow and long; length of bird, 14inches. They nest most abundantly in localitiesremote from habitations, in the interior of Can-ada. The eggs are generally laid on the ground,near a marsh or on the bank of a stream, withlittle or no lining to the nest. They are grayishwhite, boldly splashed with several shades ofbrown, and with lilac. Size x Data.—Whale River, Labrador, June 10, 1902. Eggs laidon the ground in an open marsh.
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