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blackish brown on more than apical half. Bare part of tibia 

 1*2; tarse 2*25 ; middle toe and claw 1*42; colour greyish 

 black, whitish on reticulations. 



Limosa uropygialis, Gould, ? . Length 18 inches. Wing 

 96, surpassing tail by *6 ; 1*4 longer than tertiaries. Tail 

 3-6, 1*9 short of tip of toe. Bill recurved, 4*85 from fore- 

 head, from gape 4' 93 ; colour olive-grey, flesh-colour near 

 base, blackish brown on culmen and for greater part of length. 

 Bare tibia 1*25; tarse 25 ; middle toe and claw 1'7. 



Dissection of female. Mass of small eggs. Caeca "9 from 

 anus, nearly equal, '6 long, uniformly thin and somewhat 

 pointed. False caecum twice as thick, curled, also *6 long, 

 10-50 inches from anus. Intestine 12*75 inches long. Giz- 

 zard of an irregular he,art-shape, with *9 of proventriculus ; 

 length 1*4, breadth "9; epithelium bright indian yellow, 

 containing a few flat flask-shaped small seeds of some shore- 

 plant. 



Of the other Godwit, Limosa brevipes, G. R. Gray, I have 

 seen but one specimen, and that a male, picked up on the 

 28th March. Its neck is washed with reddish, and its under- 

 pays obscurely barred. I give my note from the fresh bird. 



Limosa brevipes, G. R. Gray, <S . Length 15*50 inches. 

 Wing 7*4, reaching to end of tail, *68 longer than tertiaries. 

 Tail 3*1, *95 longer than upper tail-coverts, *25 than lower 

 tail-coverts, 2*75 short of tip of toes extended backwards — of 

 twelve rectrices, the two outer on each side and the two cen- 

 trals being *15 longer than the rest. Iris deep brown. Bill 

 straight, from forehead 3*7, same length from gape; under 

 mandible *2 shorter than upper ; colour blackish brown on 

 apical third, the rest pale yellowish brown. Bare tibia 1*48; 

 tarse 2*7; middle toe 1*4, its claw *5, curved outwards and 

 broadly pectinated; colour olive-black, with pale reticu- 

 lations. 



Dissection. Trachea simple with close-set narrow rings. 

 Intestines large and watery, with thick pointed caeca, right 

 one longer than left, which is about *78 long, and about *7 

 from anus ; too far gone to seek for the false caecum or to 

 measure length. Gizzard an irregular oval about 1*35 long 



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