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end ; tarsus about two inches and two-twelfths ; feet gTcyish 

 blue ; tail white, with eight dusky bars. 



2. Limosa JEgocephala. Black-tailed Godwit. Bill about 

 three and a half inches long, straight, orange, dusky at the 

 end ; tarsus about two inches and three quarters long ; feet 

 brownish-black ; middle claw serrated ; tail black, white at 

 the base. 



GENUS VI. MACRORHAMPHL'S. LONGBEAK. 



Bill twice the length of the head, straight, slender, sub- 

 ulate, compressed for more than half its length, depressed 

 and scrobiculate toward the end, and a little enlarged there, 

 the tips narrowed but blunt. Nostrils sub-basal, linear, per- 

 vious. Legs of moderate length, slender; toes four, rather 

 small, the first diminutive and elevated, the outer two con- 

 nected as far as the second joint by a membrane. Wings 

 very long, pointed ; tail short, nearly even. 



1. Macrorhamphus griseus. Grey Longbeak. In winter, 

 the upper parts brownish-grey, spotted with dusky ; the 

 rump and tail white, transversely barred with blackish- 

 brown. In summer, the upper parts variegated with 

 brownish-black and light reddish-yellow ; the lower light 

 yellowish-red, spotted and barred with dusky. 



