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summer plumage, and the neck, breast, and flanks are tinged with buff. The 

 young in down are unknown, [w. p. p.] 



2. Distribution. In Europe the breeding range of this species is confined 

 to Northern Scandinavia in Torne Lappmark (Muonioniska, Enontekis, and Kyrro), 

 North Finland (Kittila and Enare), and the Kola Peninsula. It has not been 

 proved to breed east of the White Sea in Northern Russia, nor has it been met 

 with on the Lower Ob, but on the Yenisei Mr. H. L. Popham found it breeding in 

 fair numbers between lat. 69 and 72. Probably further research will lead to an 

 extension of this interrupted range. From the Taimyr eastward it is replaced 

 by an allied form. In winter it ranges along the coasts of Europe and the British 

 Isles south to the Mediterranean basin, Africa to Senegambia on the west side and 

 the Somali coast on the east, and South-western Asia (Mekran coast and mouth of 

 the Indus). It has also occurred on the Faeroes, Azores, and Canaries. The eastern 

 form ranges through Japan, China, and the Malay Archipelago to Australia and 

 New Zealand. [F. c. R. J.] 



3. Migration. A bird of passage and a winter visitor to our coasts, the 

 autumn passage beginning with the appearance of the young birds in August. 

 Most of the birds that reach us during the autumn pass farther south, but a con- 

 siderable number remain during the winter, notably on the coasts of Northumber- 

 land and of the Forth area ; in Ireland, too, it is known as a regular winter visitor 

 on the east and west coasts. The return passage begins in the second week of 

 May, and chiefly affects the south and east coasts of England (see p. 522). A 

 few are occasionally met with in summer in Ireland (cf. Ussher and Warren, B. of 

 Ireland, 1900, p. 304). A gregarious migrant. [A. L. T.] 



4. Nest and Eggs. Does not breed in the British Isles. [F. c. R. J.] 



5. Food. In their inland breeding-places, various aquatic and other insects 

 and their larvae, worms, molluscs, etc. ; on the shore, worms of various kinds, 

 crustaceans, molluscs, etc. There is no definite information available as to the 

 food of the young, [w. F.] 



BLACKTAILED-GODWIT [Limosa limosa (Linnaeus) ; Limosa 

 belgica (Gmelin). Yarwhelp. French, barge egocephale ; German, schwarz- 

 schwdnzige Uferschnepfe ; Italian, pittima reale]. 



i. Description. The blacktailed is easily distinguished from the bar- 

 tailed-godwit by its much larger size the tarsus and middle toe taken together 



