8H6 ItlUDS OK TI»NIHIA 



'I'Im- < llii-ii ,Ii:i,iiI( JH f,'cnf!r!illy to lie I'iIiihI in ji;i,il'H or Klri:i,ll piu'lics 

 lujil III. I, mill' (|iiiiilly Kiri(,'ly. OcciiHiorially iL iiHHociatfjs with othf:r 

 K|(i(!icn of \Vacl<:iH, Idit it is not Very grcf^arioiiH or Kocialjic. It al'fcjctH 

 frcHli-watcr pf)olH, th(! moiitliH fif rivorH and Hinall picccH of water in 

 pn fi Tciicc l,o tli(! Hoa-Hliorc, iiikI lai(^<! lak(;H, ami in excessively sliy 

 and wary. ItH (li(,dit \h nifiid and t^raccfiil, and before Hcttlinj^ down, 

 tli(! liird in fond of wliceliiif^ roinid tlie Hj)ot wliere it incians to alif^lit. 

 It Hecnm ii.Iko to \>i: loud of wadiiij,' in Hliallow wiiter. Uh note iH a 

 (;i(!iir ioiid vvliiHtle, and at tinicn it io particularly noitsy, alarming all 

 ottier liiidn in its vicinity. It fircdH chiefly on inwectK and their larvin, 

 woriiiH, lUiiphihiaiiH and eniHtaceaiiH. ItH flcHli in Haid to ho very 

 go(jd eating. 



LIMOSA l.IMOSA l\ ,u,u,i>.m). 

 HIiACK TAIM';!) (iODWI'l'. 



Scolopax limosa, Linn. Si/nt. Nut. i, p. iilC (I7(j(i). 



LimoHa limosa, Itiihjway, I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mnn. viii, p. .'J/iG (1H85); 



Sliiiiiir, Ciil. Iliiil.i Itrll. MuH. xxiv, p. .'JHI. 

 LirnoHa uuj^ocophala, horhc, hlvjil. Sci. Al(j. Oi.i. ii, p. .'t2H (IH(;7). 

 Limosa molanura, h'neni;/, ./. /. (). I8b8, p. '27(j ; ifl. ./. /. O. 1893, 



p. HI). 



Dctirrijilum. - Adult male, Hpiiii).;, fioiu 'riiiilH, North TuniHia. 



I lead, neck anil hiiail ycilnwisli riifdiisi, thu crown and iia|>o Htripod 

 with hliii;l< ; iijiper piiitH liurri^d with hliick and rufuiiH ; ruiiij) whitu ; tail- 

 fcathciH hiack, with wliitit haHOH ; ahdoliieii and HidcH whitu, harrod with 

 hrown ; luilliirieH and iiiidor win^-uovertH whiUi. 



IiIh hiowii ; hill hlackiHh at Ihi! lip and oraii(^(i at the haHO ; foot hlackinli. 



Tolal length \i't!)[) jmcIk'H, wing H-'lh, i^iiluiiwi ;i-70, tarHiiH 210. 



Adult fomalo Hiniilar In III!', male,, hut lai'g(si', ItH iiioaMureinunts hoing 

 iiH followH : 



Total length IHM) iticlicH, wiiif^ H HO, (ttihiHn |-7(), tarHim .'(•2.'). 



In winter Ihe g(^iii'ral c.oliiin' of the pliniiage Ih aHh-hrown ahov(^, paler 

 (111 lh(! forohoad, nape and neck, and (linker on the cruvvii, hack and winga, 

 the iinih^r pai'tH Ixjing palu ash-hruwii, ami white on ciiKHinii. 



The r.lack-tailed (lodwit iH not iinroninion in 'rnniKia in winter 

 and npring, and (i.MiiniihtH of it may ()C(;aHionally la^ seen in the 

 niarketH of TnniH and otlier touiiH ni the liuycncy. 



