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species is numerous, everywhere behind the tall grass, along the edges of the 

 Munchur Lake, in the shallow pools, wading up to their body, and often 

 swimming across deeper spots if beyond its standing depth. It is held in 

 much esteem for the table, being equal to Jack and the Common Snipe, 

 especially those which have been feeding in rice fields. 



Limosa lapponica. 



181. Limosa lapponica {Lmn.), Bodd., P. i?. 900; Gould, B. 

 Eur. pi. 306; Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 236; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., 8)^., Sind, 

 p. 216; id., Vert. Zool. Stnd, p. 244; Hume and Marsh., Game B. p. 47, 

 pi.; Murray, Avif. Brit. hid. ii. p. 627, No. 13 12. — The Bar-tailed Godwit. 



"In the winter plumage there is a broad indistinct white superciliary band, 

 and the feathers immediately below the eye are also white ; the chin and 

 throat are pure white ; forehead, the whole top, back and sides of the head, 

 and the neck all round brownish white, closely streaked with darker brown, 

 the streaks very minute on the sides of the head, somewhat larger on the 

 front of the neck, and darker and stronger on the head and back of the neck, 

 where but little of the white remains visible ; upper back pale earthy 

 brown, each feather with a narrow dark brown central shaft-stripe and mostly 

 margined somewhat paler; breast pale greyish brown, more or less 

 obscured by the albescent tippings to the feathers, and some of the feathers 

 with inconspicuous darker shafts ; the feathers of the central portion of the 

 breast, if raised, will be found to be not merely tipped whitish, but to be also 

 obscurely barred with white ; abdomen, vent, and lower tail coverts pure 

 white, as are also the axillaries and wing lining; the rump is white 

 with a few cuneiform or heart-shaped blackish brown spots ; upper tail coverts 

 while, with narrow irregular arrow-head bars ; tail feathers grey brown with 



