MACRORHAMPHUti LIMOSA 797 



Hub. Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk and Dauria); Mongolia and 

 China in winter; has also been obtained in Burma and near 

 Calcutta in winter. 



Is said to frequent the marshy shores of large rivers in Dauria, 

 but I find nothing on record respecting its habits, which are 

 probably similar to those of M. griseus. Its nest and eggs are 

 unknown. 



LIMOSA, Briss., 1760. 

 1099. BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 

 LIMOSA LAPPONICA. 



Limosa lapponica (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 246 (1766) ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 203, pis. 573 figs. 1, 2, 574 fig. 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mns. xxiv. 

 p. 373 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 932 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. 

 p. 256 ; Ridgway, p. 163 ; Saunders, p. 623 ; Lilford, v. p. 129, 

 pi. 56 ; Poynting, p. 231, pi. 49 ; L. cegocephala, Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 i. p. 246 (1766) ; L. meyeri, Leisl. Nachtrag. Bechst. Naturg. ii. 

 p. 172 (1811-15); Naum. viii. p. 428, Taf. 214; L. rufa, Temm. 

 Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 668 (1820) ; Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 306 ; id. B. of 

 Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 51 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 343, pi. xciv. 



Barge rousse, French ; Parda, Portug. ; Tetol, Span. ; Pittima 

 minore, Ital. ; Rostrothe-Uferschnepfe, German; Rosse-G-rutto, 

 Dutch ; Rodlrun-Koblersneppe, Dan. ; Rodspove, Norweg. ; 

 Myrspofv, Rostrod-Ldngndbba, Swed. ; Kydi, Lapp. ; Puna-Kuovi, 

 Finn. ; Krasnoi-sookalen, Russ. ; Kojaku-chidori, Jap. 



$ ad. (Pagham). Crown, nape, and upper parts blackish brown, mar- 

 gined with rust-red ; rump white with narrow brown lines ; upper tail- 

 coverts white, washed with rufous and marked with dark brown ; tail 

 similar but broadly barred with dark brown and tipped with white ; 

 primary quills blackish brown ; secondaries dark grey margined with 

 white, the inner ones darker and marked with rufous ; sides of head, neck, 

 and under parts rich ferruginous ; the lores, auriculum, and sides of neck 

 lined with black ; lower abdomen washed, and under tail-coverts marked 

 with white, the latter spotted with brown ; under wing-coverts white with 

 dark central lines and submargins ; axillaries white banded with blackish ; 

 bill reddish yellow at base, otherwise blackish ; legs black, iris brown. 

 Culmen 3'5, wing 8'4, tail 2'7, tarsus 2'2 inch. Female larger and less 

 rufous. In winter the upper parts are ashy brown with dark shafts and 

 paler margins to the feathers ; lower back and rump white with a few 

 dark markings ; lower parts white marked with brown on the fore neck 

 and upper breast. 



Hob. Northern Europe into Lapland, and Asia, east to the 

 Yenesei valley ; in autumn migrating south to South Europe, 



