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BRITISH BIRDS. 



with black: the webs of the first six quill feathers 

 black, edged on the interior sides with reddish 

 brown : leg's in general dark coloured, inclining to 

 greenish blue. 



The Godwit is met with in various parts of 

 Europe, Asia, and America: in Great Britain, in 

 the spring and summer, it resides in the fens and 

 marshes, where it rears its young, and feeds upon 

 small worms and insects. During these seasons it 

 removes only from one marsh to another ; but \vhen 

 the winter sets in with severity, it seeks the salt 

 marshes and sea-shores.* 



* The Godwit is much esteemed, by epicures, as a great delicacy, 

 and sells very high. It is caught in nets, to which it is allured by a 

 stale, or stuffed bird, in the same manner, and in the same season, as 

 the Ruffs and Reeves. 



