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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



white ; tail, white, barred and mottled with brownish ; 

 head and neck, white, tinged with grey and streaked with 

 blackish-brown ; wing-coverts, deep brown ; breast, upper 

 part of belly and flanks, white, spotted and streaked with 

 greyish-brown ; irides, hazel ; bill, black ; legs and feet, 

 olive. Length, about thirteen inches. The female has the 

 upper parts less conspicuously marked than the male. The 

 young have the feathers on back margined with tawny, and 

 chest and flanks pencilled finely with dark grey. 



BlacMailefc (Sobwit 



THE Black -tailed Godwit (Limosa melanura, Leisler) is one 

 of our regular spring and autumn coasting migrants to the 

 British Islands, and is found inhabiting the Western Pale- 

 arctic Region. The adult male in nuptial garb has the 

 crown reddish-brown, with streaks of black ; forehead, 

 superciliary stripe, and chin, whitish ; cheeks, throat, and 



