Title: Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations
Identifier: commercialpoultr11 (find matches)
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Warren, Benjamin Harry, 1858-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Harrisburg : E. K. Meyers, State Printer
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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88 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Plate 21. Genus LIMOSA Brisson. Limosa fedoa (Linn.). Marbled Godwit. Description. " Bill lengthened, * * -^ slender, and curving gently upwards ; grooved to near tip ; the tip not attenuated, but pointed ; the lower almost as long as the upper. Cul- nien without any furrow. * * * A short basal membrane between the middle and outer toes ; hind toe lengthened ; tail short, even. " Sp. c/t.—Bill long, curved upwards ; both mandibles grooved ; wings long * * * legs long ; tibia with its lower half naked ; toes rather short. * * * Entire upper parts variegated with brownish-black and pale reddish, the former disposed in ir- regular and confluent bands, and the latter in spots and imperfect bands ; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, and the pale red on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transverse lines of brownish- black on breasts and sides ; under wing-coverts and axillars darker rufous * * * tail, light rufous, with transverse bars of brownish-l)lack. Bill i)ale yellowish, red at base ; brownish-black at end ; legs ashy black. Length about 18 inches ; bill 4 to 5; tarsus 3."—B. B. of N. A. Habitat.—l>iorth America; breeding in the interior (Missouri region and north- ward), migrating in winter southward to Central America and Cuba. The Marbled Godwit, or Marl in, is a rare and irreg-ular spring and fall mig^rant in Pennsylvania. Mr. Geoiore B. Sennett informs me strag-^lers are occasionally taken in Crawfcjrd and Eri(^ counti(»s. A few specimens have also been captured in recent years in Lancaster, Phila- delphia and Delaware counties. Note.—The Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa hcpmasfica Linn.) is said to have been captured many years a^o near Philadelphia by the late John Krider. I have never met with this bird in Pennsylvania. None of the naturalists or collectors whose lists of birds of Ptuuisylvania are before me make any reference to it. Genus TOTANUS Bechstein. Totanus melanoleucus (Gmel.). Greater Yollow-leRs: Greater Tell-tale; Greater Yellow-shankH. De8(>'Ription (Plate 81). Bill long, slender, and with deep grooves in front of nostrils ; tibiw mostly bare ; the long and slender legs are yellow ; bill and claws black ; iris brown ; the short and rounded tail is blackish with numerous transverse white bars; upper tail (;overts white with few brownish bars ; upper parts generally brownish-black (ashy on back of neck) with numerous white spots or edging on feathers ; chin, upper throat, lower part of breast, abdomen, most of sides and under tail coverts white ; lower neck in front and upper l)reast grayish-brown, with many dusky streaks. Length, bill to end of tail about 14 inches; extent about 2o ; bill about2; inches, never under 2. Habitat.—America, in general, breeding in the cold temperate and subarctic por- tions of North America, and migrating south to Chili and Buenos Ayres. T K i \
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i Red-beaded Woodpecker, L Male; 2. Female; 3. Young. COLOR PLATE

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