. 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. 1 ^ 258 SCOLOrACIDiE, snipe, etc. GEN. 214-216. "^'â 7 Wdie-tailed Godtoit. Tail, its upper coverts and rump, white, barred throughout with black ; head, neck and under parts rusty-red in the breeding season, in winter whitish; above, grayish-brown, the feathers with darker centres, and blackish shaft lines ; sides and crissuni with sagitt
. 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. 1 ^ 258 SCOLOrACIDiE, snipe, etc. GEN. 214-216. "^'â 7 Wdie-tailed Godtoit. Tail, its upper coverts and rump, white, barred throughout with black ; head, neck and under parts rusty-red in the breeding season, in winter whitish; above, grayish-brown, the feathers with darker centres, and blackish shaft lines ; sides and crissuni with sagittate black marks. About the size of the last. A widely distributed Old World species, and a very near relative of i. rufa of Europe, lately discovered in Alaska {Dull). Bd., Trans. Chicago Acad, i, 320, pi. 32 ueopygialis. ^^ Hudsonian or Black-tailed Godwit. Eing-tailed Marlin. Tail black, ^ largely white at the base, its coverts mostly white ; rump blackish ; lining of wings extensively blackish; under parts in the breeding season intense rufous, variegated (chiefly barred) with dusky; head, neck and uj^per parts brownish-black, variegated with gray, reddish, and usually with some whitish speckling; ciuills blackish, more or less white at the base. Young and apparently winter specimens much paler, tawny whitish below, more gray above. Considerably smaller than either of the foregoing; about 15 ; wing 8 or less; bill 3^- or less ; tarsus 2J or less. North America, rather northerly, apparently not common in the United States; a near relative of L. mjocei^lmla of Europe. Nutt., ii, 175; Aud., v, 335, pi. 349; Cass. in Bd., 741 . hudsonica. 214-16. Genus TOTATTUS Beelistein. * Toes with 2 subeqnal webs ; legs bluish or dark. {Symphemia.') Willet. Semipalmated Tattler. Bill straight, comparatively stout, grooved little if any more than half its length; toes with two conspicuous basal webs ; 12â16 ; wing 7â8 ; tail Fig 16!) Base of 2^-3 ; bill or tarsus 2-2f ; tibiae bare 1 or mo
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