. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . ddy estuaries and marshes, usually in flocksof greater or less extent. The eggs of this Godwit, not as yet well-known, aredescribed by Coues in the following terms :— The only perfect set of eggs of the Godwit I haveseen were taken JuneI, 1871, fifty milesnorthwest of SaintPaul, Minnesota; bothparents were securedand deposited in theSaint Paul Academy,where I examinedthem; so that theidentification is un-questionable. Thereare three eggs in this , • ,, Fig. CI. — Great Godwit. set, measurmg X , X ,
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . ddy estuaries and marshes, usually in flocksof greater or less extent. The eggs of this Godwit, not as yet well-known, aredescribed by Coues in the following terms :— The only perfect set of eggs of the Godwit I haveseen were taken JuneI, 1871, fifty milesnorthwest of SaintPaul, Minnesota; bothparents were securedand deposited in theSaint Paul Academy,where I examinedthem; so that theidentification is un-questionable. Thereare three eggs in this , • ,, Fig. CI. — Great Godwit. set, measurmg X , X , and X The color is aclear, light olivaceous-drab; the markings are smalland numerous, but not very strongly pronounced —there is nothing (in this set) of the heavy blotching andmarking usually seen in waders eggs. The spots arepretty evenly distributed, though rather larger in twoinstances, and more numerous in the other instance,about the butt than elsewhere. These markings are ofvarious umber-brown shades, with the usual stone-grayshell 232 SCOLOPACID^ : SNIPE, ETC. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. LiMOSA H^MASTicA {LiiiH., l^sS) Coues. Chars. Feathers on side of lower mandible reaching to a point farin advance of those on upper mandible. Rump blackish. Mostof the upper tail-coverts white ; longest coverts and the tail-feathers black with white bases, tiie tail-feathers also white tipped-Lining of wings sooty-blackish, mixed with some white; axillarsblack. Under parts rich chestnut-red, crossed everywhere withnumerous irregular black bars, there being several on eachfeather, and usually also crossed with similar white bars, espec-ially behind. Upper parts blackish with a greenish gloss,intimately mixed with rufous and whitish. Bill light-colored,dark on the terminal third. Length, ; extent, ; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, This smaller Godwit, the American representative ofthe European Black-tailed Godwit, Lhnosa cEg
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