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The Black-Tailed Godwit. 



Also called the Lesser Godwit, though about the same 

 size as the Bar-tailed Godwit, and the Shrieker. It is 

 generally distributed throughout England, and breeds 

 regularly in several localities; it feeds on insects, worms, 

 etc., is more spotted than the Bar-Tailed Godwit and has a 

 black tail. 



The Lesser Godwit. See Black-Tailed Godwit. 



THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. See Introduction, 

 page 8. 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE. See Eagle. 



THE GOLDEN-EYED DUCK. See under Ducks. 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER. See under Plovers. 



THE GOLDFINCH. See under Finches. 



THE GOOSANDER. 



This is a very widely dispersed species, occurring in 

 Europe, Asia and America; at one time it was very numerous 

 in this country, but it is much less so at the present day. It 

 frequents the coast and the mouths of rivers, swimming 



