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BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



COMMON GODWIT. GODWYN. YARWHELP. YARWHIP. 



LESSER GODWIT. JADREKA SNIPE. 



RED GODWIT. HUDSONIAN GODWIT. SHRIEKER. 



PLATE CLXX. FIG. I. 



Limosa melanura. . . . Leisler. Temminck. 



Limosa ^gocepJiala, . . . Fleming. 



Limosa rufa major, . . . BKissoisr. 



Fedoa melanura, .... Stephens. 



Soolo2)ax Belgica, . . . Gmelin. 



Scolopax ^gocepkala, . . . Linn^tts. 



Scolopax Hudsonica, . . . Latham? 



Scolopax limosa, .... Pennant. 



Scolopax Tjapponica, . . . Bewick. 



JEgocephalus Bellonii, . . . Hay. 



About the beginning of April these birds arrive at 

 their nesting-places, and begin to lay early in May, in 

 the rough parts of swamps, and long meadows near 

 water, the nest being composed of dry grass, and other 

 wild plants, and hidden among any coarse herbage. 



The eggs are four in number, of a deep green or 

 light olive brown colour, faintly blotted with spots of 

 a darker shade. 



As soon as the young are able to flutter about, the 

 old ones leave them to themselves. 



