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depressed and flattened towards the tip ; both mandibles longi¬ 
tudinally channelled; point dilated and obtuse •, nostrils linear, 
longitudinal, situated in the groove, and covered by a membrane; 
legs long ; tibia partly naked; feet with three anterior toes, the 
exterior united to the middle toe by a membrane as far as the 
first joint; hallux articulated on the tarsus; wings long; the 
first quill longer than the others. 
Limosa rnfa. — The Red Gadwit. 
Plate LX 11. fig. 6. 
Rusty-gray on the head and shoulders ; breast and hypochon¬ 
dria ferruginous, barred and marbled with white; abdomen 
white, slightly spotted with brown ; crissum white; exterior 
webs and tips of quills and legs, dusky ; bill dull yellow, dusky 
at tip. Eighteen inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 28. — SCOLOPAX. — Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—Bili long, straight, compressed, tapering, 
soft, with the tips turgid; both mandibles with a groove ex¬ 
tending half their length, the tip of the upper mandible hooked, 
projecting over the lower one; nostrils basal, linear, covered by 
a membrane; legs slender ; tibia partly naked in some species ; 
feet with three anterior toes, the exterior one united to the in¬ 
termediate toe, the length of the first joint, by a short mem¬ 
brane ; hallux articulated on the tarsus, wanting in some spe¬ 
cies ; wings of medium length, the first quill longest. 
Section I.—Tibia wholly feathered. 
Scolopax rusticola .— The Woodcock. 
Plate LXII. fig. 7. 
Upper parts marbled, barred and streaked with white, gray, 
red, ash, and brown; under parts gray ash, barred with deep 
ash and brown ; crown of the head cinereous’; nape black; legs 
blue-gray. Thirteen inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Section II. —Lower part of tibia naked. 
