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 × 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.] Page 152 250. PACIFIC GODWIT. _Limosa lapponica baueri._ Range.--Coasts and islands of the Pacific Ocean on the Asiatic side, north in summer to Alaska. This species is more uniform and brighter ruddy beneath than the preceding, and the back is not marbled as strongly. Even in Alaska where it breeds, it is not a common species, and it only occurs elsewhere on the Pacific coast of America casually. The nesting habits are the same, but the eggs are somewhat darker than those of the preceding, but not as dark as those of the following species. Size 2.20 × 1.45. 251. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. _Limosa haemastica._ Range.--North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, breeding in the Arctic regions and wintering south of the United States. This species is apparently not as common or is more locally distributed during migrations than is the Marbled Godwit. They are more abundant in their breeding grounds and are occasionally seen in large flocks. They are smaller than the Marbled Godwit (length 18 inches) and are deep reddish brown below. They lay four eggs on the ground, in marshes or near ponds or streams, lining the hollow with weeds and dried leaves. The eggs have a dark brownish buff ground color and are blotched with brownish black. Size 2.20 × 1.40. Data.--Mackenzie River, Arctic America. Four eggs laid in a hollow in the ground. Collector, J. O. Stringer. 252. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. _Limosa limosa._ A European and Asiatic species only casually occurring in Greenland. Very similar in appearance to our Hudsonian Godwit, which is frequently called by the name of this species. The nesting habits and the eggs are precisely like those of the American bird. 253. GREEN SHANK. _Glottis nebularia._ A common bird in Europe and the British Isles, but only American as having been taken once in Florida. A very similar species to the following. [Illustration 154: Pacific Godwit. Hudsonian Godwit.] [Illustration: Brownish.] [Illustration: left hand margin.] Page 153 254. GREATER YELLOW-LEGS. _Totanus melanoleucus._