LIMORA LAPPONICA ;{37 



It occurs aR a winter inifjniiil, in Alf,'(^ria and Marocco, and appcarH 

 to be abundant in the lattcf country duriiif,' the spring migration. 

 According to Colonel frby, the species is most plentiful in Houtli 

 Spain ill February and March, appearing in bands of several hundred 

 individuals and frequenting the grassy marshes, or inundatcMl ground, 

 and the marisnias. It is recorded from the Canaries, Madeira and 

 the Azores. The species has an extensive range, both in lOuropo and 

 Asia. It breeds in Iceland and the more northern parts of our Con- 

 tinent, migrating southwards in winter to the Mediterranean and 

 Africa, its wint(!r migration in Asia extending through the Indian 

 region to Ceylon. 



The I'dack-tailed Godwit frequents marshy localities as a rule, but 

 in winter it is frequently to bo found on the sea coast. It is eminently 

 gregarious, and may sometimes Ik; found assoeiating with other species 

 of Waders. Though perhaps not naturally so timid as most of these, 

 being in the company of such birds as Curlews and Kculshanks, 

 renders it shy and wary, and diHiciilt to approach, ft (lies well, and 

 runs swiftly. 



Its call note is loud and clear, and its alarm cry rath(;r liarBh. It 

 feeds principally on worms, insects and crustaceans. The (lesh of 

 this species is considered excellent eating. 



LIMOSA LAPPONICA (Linnoeus). 

 BAR-TAIliKO (JODWIT. 



Scolopax lapponlca, Linn. Syst. Nal. i, p. 246 (176()). 



Limosa lapponica, dray, List. (IralL lirit. Mus. p. 90 (1H44) ; Lochc, 



K-rjil. Sgi. All). Oh. ii, p. Z'iO (1807); Sharpn, Cat. IHrdn JJrU. Mm. 

 xxiv, p. :{7;i • Koenuj, J.f. 0. 1893, p. TJ. 

 Limosa rufa, Malherbe, Fanne Orn. de I'Al.i/. p. .'31 (18.0.'3) ; Kocniij, 



J. J. 0. 1888, p. 20.5. 



Description. — Adult male, sprln;^, from Spain. 



Head, neck and entire uridorparts rustyicd, the crown and nape striped 

 with blackish ; back and scapulars also rusty-red, but more heavily striped 

 with hlackish ; rump white, with a few dark stripes, upjior tail-covcrts white, 

 washed with rufous and sparint^ly stripc-d with hlacloHh ; tail white, harred 

 with Itlackish, the median rectriccH washc-d with rufous; quills blackish; 

 secondaries dark grey, fringed witli white ; axillaries and under wing-covorts 

 white, with a few dark streaks. 



22 voii. II. 



