BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 



COMMON GODWIT GODWYN YARWHELP YARWHIP - 

 LESSER GODWIT YADREKA SNIPE RED GODWIT- 

 SHRIEKER. 



PLATE CLXX. FIGURE I. 



Limosa melanura, 

 Limosa agocephala, 

 Fcdoa melanura, 

 Limosa belgica, 

 Scolopax agocephala, . 

 Scolopax limosa, 

 Scolopax lapponica, . 

 sEgocephalus bellonii, . 



LEISLER. TEMMINCK. 

 FLEMING. 

 STEPHENS. 

 GMELIN. 



LlNN^US. 



PENNANT. 



BEWICK. 



RAY. 



THIS bird, which used to breed in the fens fifty years 

 since, is now known only during its spring and autumn 

 migrations. 



The nest, a slight hollow, is composed of dry grass or 

 other wild plants, and hidden among any coarse herbage. 



The eggs are four in number, of a light olive-brown 

 colour, faintly blotted with spots of a darker brown. 



