236 CHARADRIID^E. 



western Siberia, ranging to about 61 N. latitude. Southwards 

 it breeds in Belgium, north Germany, and across western 

 Siberia to the Altai Mountains and Turkestan. In winter it 

 visits the basins of the Mediterranean and Caspian seas, and 

 wanders to the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands ; also 

 southwards to Abyssinia, India, and Ceylon. It is accidental 

 in Greenland. In eastern Siberia, from the Yenesei to Kam- 

 chatka, a smaller race occurs, which winters in China and 

 Japan and ranges to Australia and Polynesia. 



Limosa lapponica. BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 



Scolopax lapponica Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 147 : 

 Lapland. 



Limosa lapponica (Linn.) ; B. 0. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 177 ; 

 SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896. p. 373 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 623. 



Lappdnica =from Lapland. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A regular Bird of 

 Passage and Winter Visitor, arriving on our coasts in spring 

 and autumn ; many remain during the winter, and some pass 

 the summer, but they do not nest. It is scarce in the Ork- 

 ney and Shetland Islands, but elsewhere, including Ireland, 

 it is generally distributed. 



General Distribution. The Bar-tailed Godwit breeds in 

 northern Europe and Asia, from Finland and Russian Lap- 

 land up to 70 N. latitude, to the lower Yenesei up to 72, 

 and southwards in some parts of the Government of Perm. 

 In winter it visits the Mediterranean b;isin and Africa, south 

 to Senegambia on the west and Somaliland on the east ; it 

 also winters along the south coast of Persia, and Baluchistan 

 to the mouth of the Indus. It is accidental in the Faeroes, 

 the Azores, and the Canary Islands. In eastern Siberia and 

 western Alaska it is represented by a closely allied race, 

 L. I. novae -zelandice, which winters on the Pacific coasts of 

 Asia and ranges to Oceania, Australia, and New Zealand. 



