BLA CK- TAILED GOD WIT. 3 1 



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



COMMON GODWIT. GODWYX. YARWHELP. YARWHIP. 



LESSER GODWIT. JADREKA SNIPE. 

 RED GODWIT. HUDSOXIAX GODWIT. SHRIEKER. 



PLATE CLXX. FIGURE I. 



Limosa me/anura, LEISLER TEMMINCK. 



Limosa aegocephala, FLEMING. 



Limosa rufa major, BRISSON. 



Fedoa melanura, STEPHENS. 



Scolopax Bdgica, GMELIN. 



Scolopax cegocephala, LINN^US. 



Scolopax Hudsonica, LATHAM ? 



Scolopax limosa, PENNANT. 



Scolopax Lapponica, BEWICK 



jtEgocephalus Bellonii, RAY. 



ABOUT the beginning of April these birds arrive 

 at their nesting places, and begin to lay early 

 in May, in the rough parts of swamps, and low meadows 

 near water, the nest being composed of dry grass 

 or other wild plants, and hidden among any coarse 

 herbage. 



The eggs are four in number, of a deep green 

 or light olive-brown colour, faintly blotted with spots 

 of a darker shade. 



As soon as the young are able to flutter about, 

 the old ones leave them to themselves. 



