348 LIMOSIN &. 
lores, sides of face, and whole neck, deep ferruginous chesnut, 
gradually changing on the breast into dark olive, almost black 
beneath ; this is bordered on the sides (as in the male) by a pure 
white line passing up to the scapular region; lower part white, 
a dark band on the flanks bordering the white ascending line 
posteriorly. 
The Painted Snipe is a fairly common permanent resident in 
suitable localities throughout the region, but they necessarily 
vary their quarters a good deal, as the tanks and jheels dry up or 
otherwise. They appear to breed at various periods throughout 
the year, but the majority lay during the middle of the rains. The 
nest is a more or less compact pad of sedge or grass, usually 
sheltered by a tussock of grass, but occasionally it is quite exposed. 
The eggs, four in number, are moderately broad ovals, pointed or 
pinched in at one.end. They are hard in texture, faintly glossy. 
The ground color is a pale buff or warm cafe-au-lait color, 
thickly and boldly blotched and streaked with rich brown almost 
black. 
They measure 1°4 inches in length by about 1 in breadth. 
Sus-FaMiLy, Limosine. 
Bill much lengthened, soft at the tip, straight or slightly 
turned upwards; mostly of somewhat large size; a distinct web 
between the outer toes. 
Genus, Limosa, Brisson. 
Bill very long, slender, soft, straight or slightly sub-recurved at 
the tip, cylindrical at the base, obtuse at the point; nostrils 
basal; wings moderately long, the first quill longest; tail short, 
even; tibia bare for a considerable extent; tarsus long, slender, 
scutellate in front; feet with the middle-toe very long ; a web 
between the outer and middle-toes; hind-toe short; nail of 
middle-toe dilated internally, with a cutting or finely toothed 
edge. 
Limosa #gocephala, Lin. 
875.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 681; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 16; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of 
Sind, p. 243; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, 
. 133. 
: THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 
g. Length, 16:0 to 181; expanse, 25:0 to 298; wing, 7'5 to 
8°81; tail, 312 to 3:5; tarsus, 2°35 to 3:35; bill, 3°65 to 45; 
weight, 7} to 12 oz. 
o. Length, 183 to 202; expanse, 28°0 to 31°3 ; wing, 8°4 to 
925; tail, 325 to 394; tarsus, 3°3 to 37; bill, 4°5 to 51; 
weight, 9 to 15 oz. 
Bill livid-fleshy, gradually passing to blackish-brown at tip ; 
irides dark-brown ; legs and feet blackish-green to dull greyish- 
brown. 
