RED-BREASTED SNIPE 415 



A female obtained at Sittingbourne in x\ugust, and a 

 female from Romney Marsh, obtained August 27, are in 

 the British Museum. 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS, Leach. 



EED-BEEASTED SNIPE. 



Macrorhamphiis gri^eus (Gmelin). >S'.aV., i., p. 058 



(1788). 



It is stated in Pennant (vol. ii., p. 53, 1B12) that " a 

 small flock of these rare birds appeared on the coast of 

 Devonshire in the spring of 1803, and were traced as far 

 as Sandwich in Kent." 



There is a Kentish specimen of the Eed-breasted 

 Snipe in the Exeter Museum, the bequest of the Eev. 

 Bower Scott. 



Genus LIMOSA, Brisson. 



BAE-TAILED GODWIT. 



Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus). >S'.iV., i., p. 246 

 (17GG). 



Common Godwit, Boys, 1792. 



Early in autumn this bird makes its appearance on all 

 the large mud-flats of the estuaries in Kent. Mobs of 

 them may be seen on the most prominent points of sands 

 along the coast, associating with Curlews and Gulls and 

 the smaller Sandpipers. They remain on the coast dur- 

 ing mild weather up to December, and small numbers 

 visit these shores on their return in spring, and have 

 been obtained as late as the middle of May. 



