170 BAY-BIRDS. 
nine and a half. Female larger, exceeding the male 
from three to four inches.”— Giraud. 
Rinc-TamLED MARLIN. 
Hudsonian Godwit. 
Limosa Hudsonica, Lath. 
“ Snecific Character—Bill blackish-brown, at base 
of lower mandible yellow ; upper parts light brown, 
marked with dull brown, and a few small white spots ; 
neck all around brownish-grey; lower parts white, 
largely marked with ferruginous; basal part of tail- 
feathers and a band crossing the rump, white. Adult 
with the bill slender, blackish towards the tip, lighter 
at the base, particularly at the base of the lower 
mandible ; a line of brownish-white from the bill to 
the eye; lower eyelid white; throat white, spotted 
with rust color; head and neck brownish-grey ; 
lower parts white, marked with large spots of ferru- 
ginous; under tail-coverts barred with brownish- 
black, and ferruginous; tail brownish-black, with a 
white band at the base; a band over the rump; tips 
of primary coverts and bases of quills white; upper 
tail-coverts brownish-black—their base white; upper 
parts greyish-brown, scapulars marked with darker ; 
feet bluish. Length, fifteen inches and a half; wing, 
eight anda half. Young with the lower parts brown- 
ish-grey, the ferruginous markings wanting.”— 
Giraud. 
SNIPE. 
Genus Scolopax, Linn. 
Generic Distinctions.—Bill long, at least twice the 
