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BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 



COMMON GODWIT. EED GODWIT. MEYEIi's GODWIT. 

 GODWYN. GEEY GODWIT. EED-BBEA.STED SNIPE. 



Limosa rufa, BRISSON. 



" grisea major, BRISSON. 



Fedoa rufa, STEPHENS. 



" Meyeri, STEPHENS. 



" pectoralis, STEPHENS. 



Scolopax leiicophcea, LATHAM. 



" noveboracensis, MONTAGU. 



Limosa. Limus Mud. Rufa Red. 



THIS handsome bird is in Europe found, though rarely, in 

 Italy, also in France, Spain, and Switzerland, while migrating, 

 and a few breed in Holland and Germany. Mr. Yarrell says, 

 'It visits Finland, and the countries to the eastward, but is 

 very rarely seen on the islands, or on the western shores of 

 the Baltic.' Meyer writes, 'We are credibly informed by an 

 eye-witness, that ,the numbers of this species that visit the 

 western coast of Denmark, during the month of May, on 

 their passage to the north, are so great that it is impossible 

 to give a numerical description of them; the islands between 

 the mouth of the Elbe and the western coast of Jutland 

 are perfectly covered with them, and at low water the shores 

 are covered, in parts, to such an extent that the eye cannot 

 compass their lines. On the eastern shores of Denmark it is 

 remarkable how few are met with, comparatively speaking.' 

 Linnaeus mentions Lapland, and Thieneman Norway, as other 

 countries for it. 



In Asia it is found about the Caspian Sea, and in India, 

 and the Indian Islands, Java, and Timor. 



In England, it occurs on the Durham and Northumbrian 



