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BAB-TAILED GODWIT. 



COMMON GODWIT. RED GODWIT. MEYER^S GODWIT. GODWYN. GREY GODWIT. 



RED-BREASTED SNIPE. 



PLATE CLXX. PIG. II. 



Limosa rufa, 

 Limosa grisea major, 

 Fedoa rufa, 

 Fedoa Meyeri, 

 Fedoa pectoralis, 

 Scolopax leucophea, 

 Scolopax noveboracemis, 



BRISSON. 



EiilSSON. 



STEPHENS. 



STEPHENS. 



STEPHENS. 



LATHAM. 



MONTAGU. 



THE egg of this species is described as of a pale yellowish brown 

 colour, speckled, blotted, and spotted with other darker shades of brown. 



The figure on the plate is taken from a specimen forwarded by J. 

 R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



