Family SCOLOPACIDAE. 

 Limosa limosa (L.) — Black-tailed Godwit. 



(Plates 155-156, fig. a-f). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 107, No. 252). 



Colour of surface of shell : 

 Colour of spots: 



Average dimensions: 

 Average weight of shell: 

 Texture of shell : 

 Shape : 



Nest and its site: 



Number of eggs: 

 Breeding season: 

 Duration of incubation: 



ranges from olive green to olive brown, in 

 various shades. 



brownish; underlying spots show through 

 indistinctly greyish ; black specks frequently 

 occur, spread here and there over the whole 

 shell, especially at the big end. 



55 >; 38 millimetres. 



2.3 grams. 



fine and smooth, granulated very evenly. 



pyriform, either elongated, or shorter and 

 broader. 



on the ground, in a little hollow, lined with 

 some vegetable material. 



4 (in very rare instances 5). 



end of April, May. 



about 4 weeks. 



