BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 187 



not more than two inches and a half in length, the base 

 pale yellowish red; the streak over the eye, and the head on 

 the sides, white, with small pale streaks of brown; on the 

 crown, streaked with dark brown; throat, white; breast above, 

 grey, tinged with brown, and faintly tinged with a darker 

 shade of brown, below white, tinged with yellowish grey; 

 back above, brown, the feathers deeply margined and spotted 

 with pale ochreous, yellow, on the lower part white with a 

 few spots of brown. Tail, barred with brown and white; 

 upper tail coverts, white, with a few spots of brown. 



