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animals, frequently mingling with sandpipers and sand-plovers. 

 It does not appear that this species has been found breeding 

 in any part of Britain, although it has been seen by Mr John 

 MacGillivray in North Uist in July, and therefore probably 

 breeds there. 



Red-breasted Godwit. Common Godwit. Red Godwit. 

 Grey Godwit. Yar Whelp. Poor Willie. Godwyn. 



Scolopax Lapponica, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 246. Scolopax 

 Lapponica and leucophsea, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 718, 719. 

 Limosa rufa and Meyeri, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. ii. 668, iv. 

 Limosa rufa, Barred-tailed Godwit, MacGillivray, Brit. 

 Birds, iv. 



191. LIMOSA MELANURA. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 



Bill about three and a half inches long, straight ; tarsus 

 about three inches and three quarters long ; bill orange, dusky 

 at the end ; feet brownish-black ; claws slender, rather point- 

 ed, that of the middle toe serrated ; tail black, at the base 

 white ; wings with a conspicuous white band. In winter the 

 upper parts greyish-brown, streaked with dusky ; fore part of 

 neck, breast, and sides pale grey ; middle of breast, abdomen, 

 base of quills, secondary coverts, and tail feathers white. In 

 summer the neck, breast, and sides bright red, dotted and 

 barred with dusky ; fore part of the back and scapulars black, 

 variegated with light red. Young with the feathers of the 

 upper parts blackish-brown, margined with light red ; the 

 neck pale reddish-grey. 



Male, 16, 30, 8 T V, 4, 1 T \, T V Female, 17}. 



This species breeds in small numbers in some of the Eng- 

 lish fens. The greater number of individuals, however, ap- 

 pear to be migratory, visiting our coasts in October, and 

 departing in the end of spring. It is much less numerous 

 with us than the other species, which it resembles in its 

 habits. 



Red Godwit. Lesser Godwit. Jadreka Snipe. 



Scolopax Limosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 245. Scolopax Li- 

 mosa, and-iJEgo-cephala, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 719. Limosa 

 melanura, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. ii. 664. Limosa melanura, 

 Black-tailed Godwit, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iv. 



GENUS xcix. PHALAROPUS. PHALAROPE. 



The only species of this genus known to me is a small 

 bird of about the size of the Purple Sandpiper, and which 



