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SCOLOPACID^. 



Bill, long, slender, grooved to the tip ; wings, long and pointed ; hind toe, short or 

 wanting. 



LiMNOCiNCLUs. Gould. 



Bill more or less sti'ong, with the culrnen straight and the sides compressed ; wings 

 reaching beyond the end of tail and pointed, with the first quill the longest ; tail, moderate 

 and nearly even ; toes, long and slender, united at the base by a membrane. 



74. Limnocinclus acuminatus. Rorsf. 



Sandpipee. 



Crown of head and lores, rufous, each feather centred with brown ; upper surface, 

 brownish-grey, each feather centred with brown, which fades into grey ; wing-feathers, 

 dark brown with white shafts ; line over eye, and throat, white ; fore-neck, fulvous-grey 

 speckled with brown ; general under-surface, fulvous-white ; bill, brown ; legs and feet, 

 olive. 



L., 7 ; W., 515 ; B., 105 ; T., I'l. 



Sab. — South Island ; Australia and Tasmania. 



LiMOSA. Briss. 



Bill, inclined upwards towards the tip ; first quill the longest ; tarsi, longer than the 

 middle toe ; outer toe united to the middle as far as the first joint by a membrane ; hind 

 toe, rather long. 



Spread over the whole world. 



75. Limosa Ibaueri. Naum. 



GoDwiT. Ktjaka. 



Above, greyish-brown ; over the tail white, barred with brown ; tail, white, barred with 

 greyish-brown ; throat, brownish-white, streaked with darker ; breast, rufous in spring, 

 white in the autumn ; abdomen, white ; shafts of quills, white. 



L., 14-5-17-75 ; W., 9-9-25 ; B., 2-9-4-4 ; T., 225. 



Sab. — Both Islands ; AustraUa, Polynesia, China, Siberia. 



" This Godwit is the Eastern representative of the European 

 Limosa lapponica, to which it bears a close resemblance ; and, like 

 that species, it has a very extensive geographical range. Both of 

 them are alike migratory in their respective hemispheres ; and while 

 the other species breeds in the high northern latitudes of Europe and 

 retires in winter to North-west and East Africa, our bird spends a 

 portion of the year in Siberia, and visits, in the course of its annual 

 migration, the islands of the Indian archipelago, Polynesia, Australia, 

 and New Zealand. Von Middendorff, who met with these birds in 

 great numbers in Northern Siberia (74—75° N. lat.), states that 

 they appeared there on the 3rd June, and left again in the beginning 

 of August. In the months of September and April, Swinhoe observed 

 migratory flocks on the coast of Formosa, and during the winter 

 months he met with this species still further south. Von Midden- 

 dorff found it also in summer on the south coast of the Sea of 

 Ochotsk, although it did not appear to breed there. It has likewise 

 been observed in China, Japan, Java, Celebes, Timor, Norfolk Island, 



