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LIMOSA IEGOCEPHALA. THE BLACK-TAILED 

 GODWIT. 



Scolopax Limosa. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 245. Winter. 



Scopolax iEgocephala. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 246. Summer. 



Scopolax Lhnosa Lath. Incl. Orn. II. 719. Winter. 



Scopolax iEgocephala. Linn. Syst. Nat. II. 719. Summer. 



Bed Godwit. Mont. Omith. Diet. Summer. 



Jadreka Snipe. Mont. Oru. Diet, and Supplt. Winter. 



Barge a queue noire. Limosa melanura. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 664. 



Limosa iEgocephala. Black-tailed Godwit. Flem. Brit. Anini. 107. 



Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa melanura. Selb. Illustr. II. 94. 



Limosa melanura. Black-tailed Godwit. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 203. 



Limosa iEgocephala. Bonap. Comp. List. 52. 



Tail slightly emarg incite ; bill about three and a half 

 inches long, straight ; tarsus about two inches and three- 

 quarters long ; bill orange, dusky at the end; feet broxonish- 

 black ; claws slender, rather pointed, that of the middle toe 

 serrated ; tail black, white at the base ; wings tvith a con- 

 spicuous white band. In winter the tipper parts greyish- 

 brown, streaked with dusky ; fore part of neck, breast, and 

 sides, pale grey ; middle of breast, abdomen, base of quills, 

 secondary coverts, and tail feathers white. In summer the 

 neck, breast, and sides bright red, dotted and barred with 

 dusky ; fore part of the back and scapulars black, variegated 

 with light red. Young tvith the feathers of the upper parts 

 blackish-brown, margined with light red ; the neck pale red- 

 dish-grey. 



The Black-tailed Godwit is rather inferior in bulk to the 

 Bar-tailed, but has the bill and legs much longer. 



