SCOLOPACID.E. 



SCOLOPAClD^f:. 



LiMosA JEGOCEPHALA (Linnseus*). 

 THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



Liviosa melanura. 



LiMOSA, B7-!ssonf. — BiW 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, nairow and longitudinal. Wings pointed, of moderate length, the first 



* Scolopax yEgoccphaJa, Linnfeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 24b (1766) ; 

 from a'i^ a goat, and Ke(})a\rj a head. 



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



