488 



LIMICOLJ2. 



SCOLOPACID/E. 



SCOLOPAClD.fi. 







LlMOSA ^EGOCEPHALA 



THE BLACK- TAILED GODWIT. 



Limosa melanura. 



LIMOSA, Brisson^. Bill very long, rather thick at the base, compressed, 

 slightly curved upwards ; both mandibles grooved laterally to within a short 

 distance of the point, which is somewhat dilated and blunt ; tip of the upper 

 mandible projecting beyond the lower one. Nostrils basal, placed in the lateral 

 groove, narrow and longitudinal. Wings pointed, of moderate length, the first 



* Scolopax jEgocephala, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 246 (1766) ; 

 from ai a goat, and Ke$a\r] a head, 

 t Ornithologie, v. p. 261 (1760). 



