BIRDS—SCOLOPACIDAE—LIMOSA HUDSONICA. 741 
Fieures.—Wison Am. Orn. VU, pl. 56, fig. 1.—Aup. B. of Am. pl. 238; oct. ed. V, pl. 348.—Epwarps’ Birds, III, pl. 
137.— Viiv. Gal. des Ois. I, pl. 243. 
Sp Ca.—Bill long, curved upwards; both mandibles grooved; wings long; tail short; legs long; tibia with its lower half 
naked; toes rather short, margined and flattened 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 and confluent bands, and 
the latter in spots and imperfect bands; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, and 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 and 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; 
legs ashy black. Total length about 18 inches; wing, 9; tail, 34; bill, 4 to 5; tarsus, 3 inches. 
Hab.—Kutire temperate regions of North America ; South America. 
A large and handsome shore bird, well known to sportsmen as the godwit, and a great favorite 
for shooting. From the collections of the surveying expeditions it appears to be equally abundant 
in the interior and on the Pacific as on the eastern coast of the United States, 
List of specimens. 
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LIMOSA HUDSONIGCA, (Lath.) Sw. 
Hinudsonian Godwit. 
2 Scolopax lapponica, var, 3. Gmetin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788.—Forsrer. 
Scolopax hudsonica, Laruam, Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 720. 
Limosa hudsonica, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 396.—Nurraty, Man. II, 1834, 175.—Aup. Orn. Biog. ITT, 1835, 426: 
V, 592; pl. 258 —In. Syn. 247.—Is, Birds Amer. V, 1842, 335; pl. 349. 
Limosa melanura, Bon. Specchio, 1827, No. 204. 
Limosa aegocephala, Bon. Syn. 1828, 327. 
2 Timosa edwardsti, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831. 
Ficures.— Epwarops’ Birds, II, pl. 138.—Aup. B. of Am. pl. 258; oct. ed. V, pl. 349. 
Sp. Cu.—Smaller than the preceding. Bill longer than the head; both mandibles grooved, slightly recurved ; wings long. 
Jegs moderate; membrane uniting the outer and middle toe large. Adult. Upper parts brownish black, with spots sea 
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 trown. Younger. Head and upper parts cinereous, irregularly marked 
