170 SCOLOPAClDiE. 
ruddy appearance shows much when they are on the wing. 
The earliest assumption of this dress that I observed was on 
the 24th of February. Immense quantities are brought into 
Seville market for sale dm-iug March ; and the latest I saw 
there was on the 6th of April. In that district their local 
name is Sarseruelo ; but about Casa Vieja they are known as 
Abujeta, evidently a word of Moorish derivation. 
I have no note of their autumnal migration; but occasionally 
they are met with in winter^ usually solitary birds, as I kiUed 
one on the 5th of December at Tapatanilla, and have seen 
others now and then obtained in January. 
The distinguishing marks of the Black-tailed Godwit are 
the black tail and white axillaries. 
235. LiMosA LAPPONicA (Linn.). The Bar-tailed Godwit. 
Moorish. Tchibib (Favier). 
" This species is, during passage, nearly as numerous in the 
vicinity of Tangier as L. cegocephala. They arrive from the 
north during September, and, passing on further south, return 
andcrossover to Europe duiingthe months of February, March, 
and April. The chasseurs of Larache call this Godwit Bou- 
meraisa indiscriminately with the other species.''' — Favier. 
The Bar-tailed Godwit, chiefly from frequenting salt marshes 
and estuaries of rivers, is not noticed near Gibraltar in such 
numbers as the larger Black-tailed Godwit, and is only ob- 
served on passage. The latest date I have of seeing them in 
spring was on the 10th of May ; and the earliest date of its 
appearance recorded in autumn was the 21st of September ; 
but no doubt they pass much sooner than this. I did not see 
any during the winter months. 
This species is remarkable for the great difference in the 
size of the sexes, the females being considerably the larger birds. 
Its distinguishing marks are found in the tail and the axil- 
laries, both of which are barred with black and white. 
236. Machetes pugnax (Linn.) . The RuflF (male) . The 
Reeve (female). 
Moorish. Habib el tchibib (The friend of the Godwit). 
" This species is only observed near Tangier when on mi- 
