247. WESTERN SANDPIPER. _Ereunetes mauri._

Range.--Western North America, breeding in the Arctic regions and
migrating through the United States, chiefly west of the Mississippi to
the Gulf States and southward.

Scarcely to be distinguished from the preceding species, but the upper
parts are said to be brighter and the bill, to average a trifle longer.
The nesting habits and eggs are precisely the same as those of the
Semipalmated variety. Data.--Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, June 28,
1898. Four eggs. Nest a neatly rounded hollow, sunk into a mossy hummock
in marshy ground. Collector, Joseph Grinnell.

248. SANDERLING. _Calidris leucophaea._

Range.--Found in all parts of the northern hemisphere, breeding within
the Arctic Circle and wintering in North America, from California and
South Carolina southward.

A handsome and abundant species, found during migrations by thousands on
beaches and about large bodies of water in the interior. They are one of
the lightest colored of the Sandpipers, either in winter or summer
plumage. In summer the upper parts are a light rusty color and black,
and the whole underparts are white. Owing to their extreme northerly
distribution in summer, but few of their eggs have been taken. Their
nesting habits are like those of the other Sandpipers. The three or four
eggs are greenish buff in color, spotted and blotched with brown. Size
1.45 x .95. Data.--Peel River, Alaska, June 18, 1897. Three eggs in a
depression on the ground.

249. MARBLED GODWIT. _Limosa fedoa._

Range.--North America, breeding, chiefly in the interior, from northern
United States northward.

Godwits are large Plovers with long slightly up-curved bills. This
species is 19 inches in length, is of a nearly uniform ruddy color and
is handsomely marbled above, and barred below with black. Their eggs are
laid upon the ground in the vicinity of ponds or rivers; sometimes there
is no lining and again a few straws or grasses may be twisted around the
depression. Their eggs number three or four and have a ground color of
grayish or greenish buff, sometimes quite dark, and are blotched with
dark brown. Size 2.25 x 1.60. Data.--Devil's Lake, N. D., June 10, 1895.
Four eggs laid on the ground in the middle of an unused road. Lined with
a few grasses. Collector, W. F. Hill.

[Illustration 153: Grayish buff.]
[Illustration: Western Sandpiper. Sanderling. Marbled Godwit.]
[Illustration: right hand margin.]

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