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54 SCOLOPACID^E. LAELD.ffi. 



Female Godwits much larger than males. 

 In summer. Below pale red, darker in male. 



In winter. Below white, above greyish brown; feathers with dark 

 shaft-streaks. Length 15-16 inches. 



- 314. BLACK-TAILED GTODWIT. Limosa belgica (J. F. Gmelin). For- 



^ merly bred in the east of England ; now only occurs on migration. 



Larger than last; upper tail-coverts white: tail black, with white 

 base ; white bar across wing ; axillaries white, but sometimes barred - 

 with brown. 



In summer. Breast reddish, belly white, barred with blackish brown. 



In winter. Ashy brown above, below greyish white. Length 16-20 

 inches. 



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315. CUELEW. Numenius arquata (Linnaeus). Eesident. 



Bill as in next two species, very long and curved downwards. 



Crown pale brown, regularly streaked with dark brown ; axillaries 

 white, barred with dark brown ; rump paler than back. Length 21-26 

 inches. 



316. WHIMBEEL, or "MAY-BIED." Numenius pliceopus (Linuseus). 

 On passage in spring and autumn ; a few breed on some of the islands 

 in the north of Scotland. 



V * Crown dark brown, with pale streak along the top ; in some young 



birds this streak is almost obsolete and the brown on head has a glossy 

 sheen ; axillaries white, barred more or less with brown. Length 16- 

 18 inches. 



Arctic w CQ 317. ESKIMO WHIMBEEL. Numenius borealis (J. E. Forster). Eare 

 America, V * J straggler. ^ 



far^outh. as Smaller than last, pale stripe on crown, no white on rump ; axillaries 



Patagonia. chestnut, barred with brown ; back of legs covered with hexagonal 

 reticulations. Length 14 inches. 



Order GAVI-S3. Family LARID^l. 



Subfamily STEEOTN^E. Legs and feet small and weak ; 

 bill as long as or longer than head. 



Europe, 318. BLACK TEEN. Hyd,rochelidon nigra (Linnaeus). Formerly bred 



America*' * n ^ e east ^ -^ n ^ an( l '> now orn J on migration. ( 



Head, neck, breast, and belly black ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 \^\, ' white ; under wing-coverts pale grey ; rest of plumage slate-grey ; bill 



black ; legs reddish brown. Length 10 inches. 



Autumn. Forehead, throat, and nape white ; below barred with white. 



S.& C.Europe, 319. WHITE-WINGED BLACK TEEN. HydrocheUdonleucoptera(Sc}iinz). 

 Africa, Irregular visitor on migration. 



W i Asici. c 



Ceylon, Head, neck, underparts, and under wing-coverts black ; vent, tail, and 



N.Zealand. tail-coverts white; bill dark red ; legs scarlet. Length 9| inches. 



