360 GALLO-GRALL^. 



Genus LIMOS^. 

 Erisson, Orn. v. p. 2(31 (1700). 



Limosa lapponica. 



/Scolo/icLv lapponica, Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat. i. p. 246 (17(36). 

 Limosa lapponica, B. 0. U. List Brit. B. p. 177 (1883). 



The Bar-tailed Godwit. 



[laL. Northern Europe, extending southwards in winter to 

 Senegambia and North-western India. 



1795. Skeleton (toes defective). 0. C. 1297. South Colled /'on. 



1796. Skeleton. 0. C. 1297 b. Yarrell Collection. 



1797. Skull. 0. C. 1298. Purchased. 



1798. Skull. O.C.I 298 A. Purchased. 



Limosa uropygialis. 



Limosa urojrt/fjialis, Gould, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1848, p. 38. 



Limosa rufa uropygialis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr, Cbaradr. p. 387 



(1888). 



The Siberian Bar-tailed Godwit. 



Hah. Eastern Asia, wintering in the Malayan Archipelago 

 and Australia. 



1799. 1800. Skeletons of females. 0. C. 1298 B, 1298 c. From 



Shanghai. Presented hy Consid Sicinhoe, P.E.S. 



Limosa segocephala. 



Scolopax (er/cccphala, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i, p. 246 (1766). 

 Limosa o'f/ocephala (L.), B. 0. U. List Brit. B. p. 178 (1883). 



The Black-tailed Godwit. 



JIab. Europe, Asia, North Austraha, and Northern Africa. 



1801. Skeleton (toes defective). 0. C. 1297 A. 



Yarn'U Collection. 



