BIRDS — SCOLOPACIDAE — LIMOSA HUDSONIOA. 



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Figures.— WiLsoM Am. Oin. VII, pi. &H, fig. 1.— Aud. B. of Am. pi. 238; oct. eJ. V, pi. 348.— Euwakds' BirJs, III, pi. 

 137.— ViiiiLL. Gal. des Oh. II, pi. 243. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill long, curved upwards; both mandibles grooved; wings long; tail short; legs long; tibia with its lower half 

 naked; toes rather short, margined and fiuttened underneath; the outer and middle toes united by a rather large membrane. 

 Entire upper parts variegated with brownish black and pale reddish, the former disposed in irregular aud cuufluent bands, and 

 the latter in spots and imperfect bands; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, aud the pale red on the 

 rump and upper tail coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transverse -lines of brownish black on the breast and sides ; unde"" 

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

 rufous ; tail light rufous, with transverse bars of brownish black. Bill pale yellowish, red at base, brownish black at the end ; 

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



Bull. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; South America. 



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

 for shooting. From the collections of the surveying expeditions it appears to be etjually abundant 

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



List of specimens. 



LIMOSA HUDSONICA, (Lath.) Sw. 



Uudsouiau Godwit. 



? Scolopax lajjpojiica, var, 0. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788. — Forste«. 



Scolcpax hudsmica, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 720. 



Limosa hudsonim, Svr. F. B. A. II, 1831, 396. — Nuttall, Man. II, 1834, 175. — Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 426 = 



V, 502; pi. 258.— Ib. Syn. 247.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 335; pi. 349. 

 Limosa mdanura, Bon. Specchio, 1827, No. 204. 

 Limosa aegoctphala, Bon. Syn. 1828, 327. 

 ? Limosa edwardsii, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831. 



Figures.— Edwards' Birds, III, pi. 138. — Aud. B. of Am. pi. 258; oct. ed. V, pi. .349. 



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

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

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

 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. Younger. Head and upper parts cinereous, irregularly marked 



