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SCOLOPACIDJE. — LAEIDjE. 



Female Godwits miicli larger than males. 

 In summer. Below pale red, darker in male. 



In ivinter. Below white, above greyish brown ; feathers with dark 

 shaft-streaks. Length 15-16 inches. 



314. Black-tailed Godwit. Limosa helgica (J. E. Gmelin). Eor- 

 merly bred in the east of England ; now only occurs on migration. 



Larger than last; upper tail-coverts white: tail black, with white 

 base ; white bar across wing ; axillaries white, but sometimes barred 

 with brown. 



In summer. Bi'east reddish, belly white, barred with blackish brown. 



In ivinter. Ashy brown above, below greyish white. Length 10-20 

 inches. 



315. Cfelew. Numenius arquata (Linnaeus). Eesident. 



Bill as in next two species, very long and curved downwards. 



Crown pale brown, regularly streaked with dark brown ; axillaries 

 white, barred with dark brown ; rump paler than back. Length 21-26 

 inches. 



316. Whimbbel, or "May-bied." Numenius pliceopus (Linnaeus). 

 On passage in spring and autumn ; a few breed on some of the islands 

 in the north of Scotland. 



Crown dark brown, with pale streak along the top ; in some young 

 birds this streak is almost obsolete and the brown on head has a glossy 

 sheen ; axillaries white, barred more or less with brown. Length 16- 

 18 inches. 



317. Eskimo Whimbeel, Numenius horealis (J. E. Forster). Eare 

 straggler. 



Smaller than last, pale stripe on crown, no white on rump ; axillaries 

 chestnut, barred with brown ; back of legs covered with hexagonal 

 reticulations. Length 14 inches. 



S. & C. Europe, 



Africa, 



W, Asia, 



Ceylon, 



N. Zealand. 



Order GAVI-Sl. 



Eamily LARID^. 



Subfamily STEENIN/E. Legs and feet small and weak ; 

 bill as long as or longer than head. 



318. Black Teen. Hi/drocJielidon nir/ra (Linnaeus). Formerly bred 

 in the east of England ; now only on migration. 



Head, neck, breast, and belly black ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 white ; under wing-coverts pale grey ; rest of plumage slate-grey ; bill 

 black ; legs reddish brown. Length 10 inches. 



Autumn. Forehead, throat, and nape white ; below barred with white. 



319. "White-winged Black Teen. Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Schinz). 

 Irregular visitor on migration. 



Head, neck, underparts, and under wing-coverts black : vent, tail, and 

 tail-coverts white ; bill dark red ; legs scarlet. Length 9| inches. 



