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with brown; axillaries and under wing-coverts white barred with dark brown ; 
bill greenish-yellow, culmen and tip dark brown ; iris hazel ; tarsi and feet yellowish- 
green. Tota] length 288 mm. ; culmen 29, wing 165, tail 82, tarsus 47. 
Adult female —Similar to the adult male. 
Young—Similar to the adult, but the buff of the head, jugulum, wings, etc., 
much deeper, the streaks on the fore-neck and jugulum much less distinct, and the 
back plain black, the feathers bordered with buff. 
Nestling in down.—Upper-surface black, rufous, and white ; lores, sides of the 
face, collar on the hind-neck, and the entire under parts white, with a tinge of pale 
buff on the abdomen; lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts marked with 
rufous and black. 
Nest.—A rather deep depression in the ground, sparingly lined with fine weed 
stems, grasses and a few bits of manure, and one or two small feathers. 
Eggs.—Clutch, four ; ground-colour light stone, sparingly marked all over, but 
more at the larger end, with spots of dark chestnut to yellowish-brown, and under- 
lying ones of lavender ; axis 41.5 to 43 mm,, diameter 32 to 32.5. 
Breeding-season.—June. 
Distribution and forms.—Breeding in North America, migrating southward to 
South America in winter, and accidental in Europe, and has been recorded from 
Australia but no specimens are preserved. No subspecies. 
Genus VETOLA. 
Vetola Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 191, May 2nd, 1913. Type (by original 
designation): Scolopax lapponica Linné. 
This genus, which has been continually confused with Limosa, is as well 
characterised as the majority of the Scolopacine genera. It is easily distinguished 
by its short legs, differing much in the same way as Pseudototanus differs from 
Glottis. Compared with Limosa the bill is proportionately shorter and more slender 
and distinctly more upturned ; the groove on the upper mandible becomes obsolete 
at about three-quarters the length of the culmen owing to the strong vertical com- 
pression of the upper mandible, the groove on the lower mandible, however, persists 
as in Limosa. The legs are short, the exposed tibia being less than the length of the 
middle toe, the metatarsus is less than twice the middle toe and also less than one- 
third the length of the wing, the scutellation of the front of the metatarsus becomes 
irregular and broken up into hexagonal scales towards the tibio-tarsal joint, whereas 
in Limosa the scutellation is quite regular. The middle claw is normal, untoothed 
and short, being one-fourth, or less, the length of the middle toe. 
loi. Vetola lapponicaa—BARRED-RUMPED GODWIT. 
[Sconolax lapponica Linné, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 147, Jan. Ist, 1758: Sweden, Europe. 
Extra-limital. } 
perce Wek VI., pl. 29 (pt. xxxmt.), Dec. Ist, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pl. 148, May 
nd, 1913. 
Lamosa bauert Naumann, Vogel. Deutschl., Vol. VIII., p. 429, (pref. Oct.) 1836: New 
Holland = Victoria. 
Limosa australis ‘‘ Briss.’’ Bennett, Cat. Spec. Nat. Hist. Austr. Mus., (after July 26th) 1837, 
p. 48. Nom. nud. 
Limosa brevipes Gray, List Sp. Birds Brit. Mus., pt. m1., p. 95, 1844: New Zealand. Nomen 
nudum. 
Limosa australasiana Gray, ib., p. 96: Port Essington, Northern Territory. Nomen nudum. 
Limosa lapponica var. novezealandie Gray, Voy. ‘‘ Erebus and Terror,” Birds, p. 13, Oct. 
1845: New Zealand. 
Limosa foxit Peale, Zool. U.S. Expl. Exped., Vol. VIII., p. 23, 1848 (cf. 2nd ed., p. 314, 1858) : 
Samoa. 
Limosa uropygialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1848, p. 38, Nov. 14th: Australia = 
Victoria. 
DIsTRIBUTION.—Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
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