MARBLED GODWIT.
249. Limosa fedoa. 19 inches.
These large waders are found in moderately large flocks both in the interior and on the coast in the fall. They are like large [Plovers], with long, slightly upcurved bills. Back, wings and tail rufous barred with black; rump white.
Nest.—Their eggs are laid upon the ground, sometimes there is no lining to the nest, and again a few grasses may be twisted about the depression. Three or four eggs with a ground color of grayish buff, sometimes quite dark, are blotched with dark brown (2.25 × 1.60).