BIKDS — .SCOLOPACIDAE — LiMOSA lUD.SO.MOA. 



741 



Fir.i'HKS. — Wii.sox Am. Orii. VII, pi. M, lig. 1. — Aud. U. uf Am. pi. 238; oct. ej. V, pi. 348. — Euwaiids' BirJii, III, pi. 

 137.— Vitii.1.. G»l. doa Oi«. II, pi. -'11. 



Sf Ch. — Bill liiiig, curved iipvviirdrt; bmli lumidibleB firo^fi'd; ttin>;« loiii; ; tail tihort; Ii'kh Iouk; tibia with its liiwer Imlf 

 liaki'd ; tuca rather ahiirt, mHrKim-d mid niitii.-iied uiidfrut'itth; thu outer Hiid uiidtle tueii uuited by a rather Inrgo membraiiu. 

 Entire upper parts variegated «iih bron-iiiah blark and palo roddiah, tho former diaposeJ in irregular and cuuHuent bands, and 

 the latter ill spots and imperfect bauds: iu uiiiiiy speeimeiis the black color predominiitiiig on the buck, aud the pule red on tho 

 rump aud upper tail coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transyerse lines of brownish black on the breast aud sides ; uude"" 

 wing coverts and axillaries darker rufous; outer webs of primaries dark brown, inner webs light rufous; secondaries light 

 rufous; tail li^ht rufous, with transverse bars of brownish black. Bill palo yellowish, red at base, brownish black at the end; 

 'egs ashy black. Total length about 18 inches; wing, 9 ; tail, '.i^ ; bill, 4 to 5; tarsus, 3 inches. 



JJjl'. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; South America. 



A large and handsome shore bird, well known to sportsmen as the godwit, and a great favorite 

 for shooting. From the collections of the surveying expeditions it appears to be ef[ually abundant 

 in tlie interior and on the Pacific as on the eastern coast of the United JStates. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. No. 



1205 

 645 

 4499 

 9833 

 983'J 

 644G 

 5450 

 4884 

 4172 

 6439 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Whence obtaiued. 



New York I S. F. Baird . 



do do 



Collected bv— 



Cape Flattery, W. T Lieut. Trowbridge. 



Shoalwatcr bay Gov. I. I. Stevens. 



Bodega, California .' Lieut. Trowbridge . 



San Fraocisco Dr. Geo. Suckley .. 



Fort Union, Nebraska Lieut. Warren 



Kanesville, Nebraska _' do 



Brazos Santiago, Texas Captain Van Vlict . 



Indian Key, Florida ' G. Wiirdemann ... 



Dr. Cooper 



Dr. Hayden 



LIMOSA HUDSONICA, (Lath.) Sw. 



Hndsoniau Godwit. 



fScolopax lapponica, var, /?. Gmem.s, Syat. Nat. I, 1788. — Forstkh. 



Scdopax hucbonica, Latham, Ind. Om. II, 1790, 720. 



Limosa hutltonica, Sve. F. B. A. II, 1831, 396. — Nuttall, Man. IT, 18.34, 175. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IU, 1835, HG- 



V, 592; pi. 258.— Ib. Syn. 247.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 335; pi. 349. 

 Limota meUmura, BoN. Specchio, 1827, No. 204. 

 Limoia tttgocephala, Bon. Syn. 1828, 327. 

 fLinma edtcardsii, Sw. F. B. A. It, 1831. 



FiGORES.— Edivahds' Birds, III, pi. 138.— Ai;o. B. of Am. pi. 2iJS ; oct. ed. V, pi. 349. 



Sp. Ch.— Smaller than the preceding. Bill longer than the head; both mandibles grooved, slightly recurved; winga long, 

 legs moderate; membrane uniting the outer and middle toe large. AduU. Upper parts brownish black, with spots and 

 transverse bars of pale reddish on the back; rump brownish black; upper tail coverts white; wing coverts and shorter iiuills 

 dark cinereous ; primaries brownish black. Under parts yellowish red, with transverse bars of brownish black on the breast 

 and sides and under tail coverts, and frequently with the feathers on the abdomen widely tipped with white ; tail black, with the 

 base white, and narrowly tipped with white. Under wing coverts and axillary feathers black; shafts of primaries white • bill 

 pale yellowish at base ; tip brownish black ; legs bluish brown. Younyer. Head and upper parts cinereous, irregularly marked 



