192 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



naked for the greater part of their length ; outer 

 toes connected by a membrane more than half 

 the length of the basal joint ; hind-toe articu- 

 lated on the tarsus. 



Types, L. melanura, rufa, &c. 



Note. Habits maritime, gregarious in winter, 

 clamorous in breeding season. Europe, Asia, 

 America. 



BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



Limosa melanura. 

 PLATE XIII. 



Scolopax limosa, Linn, (winter plumage.) L. segoce- 

 phula, Linn, (summer plumage.) Barge a. queue noir, 

 Temrn. Limosa melanura, Leisler, Selby, c Black- 

 tailed God wit, Jadreka Snipe of British authors. 



THIS handsome species breeds annually in the fenny 

 districts of England, and, during winter, is partially 

 distributed along the oozy shores of the English 

 coast, and those of the south of Scotland ; but, 

 although a frequent, it is by no means an abundant 

 species, and, in Ireland, it is " of occasional occur- 

 rence during the autumnal months/'* Out of Bri- 

 * Thompson. 



