AVES CHARADRIID/E 305 



Hudsoniau Godwit, Penn. Arct. Zool. Suppl. p. 68 (1787); Lath. Gen. 

 Suppl. I. p. 246 (1787). 



Scolopax hiidsoiiica, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. p. 720 (1790). 



Limosa hudsonica, Darwin, Voy. 'Beagle,' Birds p. 129 (184 1 : Island of 

 Chiloe; Falkland Islands); Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 118 (Chili, about 

 the mouths of rivers near the sea) ; Des Murs in Gay's Hist. Chil 

 Zool. I. p. 420 (1847); Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Chili); Licht 

 Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 91 (1854: Chili) ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859 

 p. 96 (Falkland Is.) Scl. P. Z. S. i860, p. 387: Abbott, Ibis, 1861 

 p. 156 (Falkland Is., May) ; Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, V. Scolopaces, p 

 22 (1864: Falkland Is.); Pelz. Reise Novara, Vog. p. 128 (1865 

 Chiloe) ; Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 35 (1868 : Coast of Chili) 

 Scl. &Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 500 (Ancud ; Chiloe, Nov^) ; iid. Nomencl 

 Av. Neotr. p. 146 (1872) ; Durnf Ibis, 1877, p. 43 (Chupat Valley 

 Nov.), p. 200 (Buenos Aires, April to Sept., common) ; Doering 

 • Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool. p. 57 (1882) ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 42 

 (La Plata, Nov.) ; Seebohm. Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 392 (1888) 

 Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part X. p. 246 (1888 : Falk- 

 land Islands) ; Oust. Miss. ScienfCap Horn, Oiseaux, p. 291 (1891) 

 Hudson, Nat. in La Plata, p. 21 (1892) ; James, New List Chil. B 

 p. 12 (1892); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIV. p. 388 (1896); Schalow 

 Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. p. 659 (1898: Calbuco, Dec.) ; Sharpe Hand- 

 list B. I. p. 159 (1899) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 

 15 (1900: Straits of Magellan & Falkland Islands). 



Limosa australis, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. Part III. p. 95 (1844: San 

 Salvador Bay, E. Falklands). 



Limosa hccmastica, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. Water Birds, N. Amer. I. 

 p. 260 (1884); Scl. & Huds, Argent. Orn. II. p. 191 (1889); Hol- 

 land, Ibis, 1892, p. 212 (Estancia Espartilla, July and Aug., rare). 



General description. 



Size. — Adult male. (P. U. O. C. 8629, Scarborough, Maine, U. S. 

 A., 27 August, 1877. N. C. Brown.) Total length, 14.7 inches. 

 Wing, 8.4 inches. 

 Culmen, 2.9 inches. 

 Tail, 2.9 inches. 

 Tarsus, 2.4 inches. 

 The sexes do not vary greatly in size. 



