scolopacidj:. 



SCOWPACID^t:. 



LiMOSA ^GOCEPHALA (LinUOBUS*). 



THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



Liviosa melanura. 



LiMOSA, Brissonf. — Bill very long, rather thick at the base, compressed, 

 slightly curved upwards ; both mandibles grooved laterally to within a short 

 distance of the point, which is somewhat dilated and blunt ; tip of the upper 

 mandible projecting beyond the lower one. Nostrils basal, placed in the lateral 

 groove, narrow and longitudinal. Wings pointed, of moi?crate length, the first 



* Scolopax jEgocephala, Linnreus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 24fi (1766) ; 

 from t"^ a goat, and Ke(j)a\rj a head, 

 t Ornithologie, v. p. 261 (1760). 



