186 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Irregular migrant. Only in Norfolk, 

 Kent and Sussex fairly regular in spring (May-June) but irregular 

 autumn. Elsewhere vagrant, very rare west side Great Britain and 

 north of Yorks. North Wales (one), Lanes, (two), 0. Hebrides (two), 

 Shetlands (two), Moray (one), Tay (one jDrobable). In Ireland 

 obtained fourteen occasions and a few seen, chiefly south and east 

 coasts (but Galway (one), Mayo (one) ) Aug. to Feb. Formerly 

 summer-resident and bred Humber to Sussex, the last nests being 

 mouth of Trent about 1837 {Birds Yorks., p. 589), and Kent 1842 

 and probably 1843 {Hist. Birds Kent, p. 439). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds locally on shores of North Sea 

 (Denmark. Holland, and one locality Baltic), south France, and 

 Spain, and from basin of Mediterranean eastwards to shores of 

 Black, Caspian, and Aral Seas. Ranges also across Asia to China, 

 and over many parts of Africa. Northern birds are migratory. 



LIMOSA LAPPONICA 



402. Limosa lapponica lapponica (L.) — THE BAR-TAILED 

 GODWIT. 



ScoLOPAX LAPPONICA Liimaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 147 (1758 — Lapland). 

 Limosa lapponica (Liiinaeus), Yarrell, iii, p. 494 ; Saunders, p. 623. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Winter-visitor and passage-migrant. 

 Generally distributed around all coasts, but scarce Orkneys and 

 Shetlands. Many stay winter, but many, especially from Yorks. 

 southward on east coast, are only autumn and spring passage- 

 migrants. A good many non-breeders stay summer, especially in 

 parts of western Scotland and Ireland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — ^North Europe (rarefy as far west as Lap- 

 land) to Siberia, probably east to Taim^^T peninsula, being repre- 

 sented further eastwards by Li^nosa lapponica baueri. Migratory, 

 wintering as far south as Senegambia and Somaliland in Africa and 

 Mekran coast and Karachi in Asia, passing through intervening 

 countries on migration, while the eastern race ranges through south- 

 east Asia to Malay Archipelago, Australia, etc. 



LIMOSA LIMOSA 



403. Limosa limosa (L.)— THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



ScoLOPAX Limosa Linnaevis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 147 (1758 — Europe. 

 Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Limosa cegocephala (Linnaeus), Yarrell, iii, p. 488 ; Limosa belgica (J. F. 

 Gmelin), Saunders, p. 025. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Irregular passage -migrant, chiefly 

 autumn (Aug. -Sept.), occasionally spring (April-May), rarely winter 

 and summer. Mostly along east coast from Humber southwards 

 and on south coast ; scarce vagrant north of Humber on east side 



