SCOLOPAUIU.li — THE SNirE FAMILY — LI.MOSA. 



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ill Newt'ouiulhuul, but wiis iiii'dniu'd by Mr. MiifCiilliick tliut it Invt-ils on I'lincf 

 Kilwiird's Island, t'roiu wliicli the pairs s|»ri'tid almi;,' the timst ol .Nova .Scotia, uiul 

 ilnn' iciiiaiii until Vfry scvfic wi-atiit'r drives tliciii away. 



.Mr. .Maihiilani' tuund this sjurifs bn-fdin^' in tiic vicinity dl' Fort Anderson. ^>\^ 

 the •.(til of .hiiic. The nest was on the j,'round. was eonipo.si'd of a few decayed leaves 

 Ivin^' in a small hole scooped in the earth, and containeil fmir e^'^'s. Other nests 

 were found and birds olitaiiied on the liower Anderson b'ivcr, 'I'iiey were mere 

 (Icpiessioiis in the ^jroiind. lined with withered h-aves. 



Kxaniples of this species were also taken at Fort Kae, on Great Slave Lake. I>y 

 Mr. Keiinieott; at Moose Fort by .Mr. I. .NbKenzie; on the Anderson K'iver liy .Mr. 

 11. ];. IJoss; (III Mi^' Island by .Mr. Ueiil ; and at Fort Keiizie liy Iiischotf. 



Three of the e;,'M;s collected liy .Mr. .MacFarlane arc in the .Siuithsonian ('oUection. 

 ill two of these the };rountl is of a deep raw-uiiilier color, or an olivaceous drab. 

 I'licicare no well-delincd spots, l)Ul the apex of the larirer end is dei'ply staineil with 

 a dark Iniint-iinibcr color. .V few very indistinct spots of a paler shade of this tint 

 are visible over tiie !,'eiieial surface of the i'Htis. The other ^'^^^^ has a ^jround-color of 

 a paler uniber-dral). and tiie niarkiiii,'s are ipiile distinct. Tiicse are small irrej^iilar 

 lilolclies, loii<;itiidinal in tiieir direction, and of a dei'[i bnriit-umber tint. The apex, 

 of the lart,'er end is covered by a broad patch, in which all the marking's, of a very 

 dark umber, almost black, run into each other. These cj,'^,':, are pyriform in shape, 

 and measure L'.Io by l.U. 'J.VJ by l.;!<l. and LM'l.' by I.Kt inches. 



Limosa tiegocephala. 



BLACK-TAILED OOOWIT. 



Scoh/MX limoiin, LiXN. S. X. im1. Id, 17.">8. 147 ; <il. 1-j, 1700, 245. 



Scdiiiiiii.i- wij(K'i/ih'i/ii, I.INN. .S. N. I. Kilti, •J4tl, no. lii. 



I.iiiiusii ii,nio/ili<(/if, l.i'.Ac II, .*<\Ht, <'at. ISltl, :t4. — Ki'.vs. & Iti.As. Wirl). K.iir. 18l(i, 7t. Bonai-. 



('oiii|i. List, l«:i.-i, .■.'.'. — (iUAV. tirii. U. III. 1S41', r.7'> ; < ai. liiii. It. l6ti;i, li")«. -- |{einii. 



IliU, 1801, 11 (tiifi'iiliiinh. — ItiiMiw. Num. N. Am. II. ISM, im. ,'.40. — C'ofEs, Check last, 



2tl til. 18S'.', ii.i. aw. 

 Tiitiiiiiis ni/iis, IlKi'iisr. NatiiiK. IV. 2.53. 

 I.iMi'nn iiifhiiiiinm, I.kim . Na.iil. /ii llnlist. Natuig. isil-isl.^., l.Mt, l.'i7. — Nacm. Viig. Peutsclil. 



VIII. lt>:W, 4(10, y\s. 212. 213. - .Mai .:ii,i.. .Man. 11. «1. 

 Noilo/mu- Mgicti, (iMia.. .*<. N. I. U.-iS, OtW. 

 I.iniusti jiidivi-ii, Ia;Aiil, .Sv.st. Cat. 1810, ;12. 

 /.iiiiomi in/iiiitlirii, Itlil.M.M, \ •■•;. I»c'llt.sr|i|. I,S31, ti20. 



Ilhick-tiiiliit G'xlwit, VAiaa.i.i., iJiit. II. cl. 2, II. 034, 11^. ; ed. 3, II. 081, I'ik. ; ct AlTT. 



IIaii. Tile I'alieurctir |{c^'ii<ii ; iit'ciik-ntiil in < > ivciiliiiid. 



Si'. Chau. AiIiiU, ill 1111111111' I- : Ileail. iicik, and jiiuiihiiii, chmaiiKin, streaked on the first and 

 liaircil on tlic last witii diiskv ; ii'iiiaiiiiii;^ lower parl» wiiite, liie lucjist and >idfs barred with 

 dusky. IJiifk and .sra|iiil;irs iiii.\i'd Maik, rimianKHi, and ;,'rayisii ; wiiiK-i'overls, liniwaish ;;ray ; 

 ^'icater I'overls widely lipped with while, fdriiiiiiL; a rdiispicniius patrh ; sociiiidarics partly white ; 

 |>iiiiiarii's dusky, llie fil'tli l>: tiie seventh white al tiie base, furiiiiii!.; a seiuiid white patch on tiie 

 wiii^; Hiniip, IciiiLjer upper tail-inverts, uinl must nf the tail dusky ; ii|i|ier tail-cuverls (except 

 tei'iiiiiial half nf the loiij^'er leather^) and Imim' nf the tail, imsiiaciilate white, tliis on iipyiii^' the 

 ^.'ivater part of the outer reetrii'cs. .\\illars and liiiiii;,' of the wiii^' iiiimariilate while. U'inUr 

 liliniiiiiji : \Viii;,'s, tail, lump, eti'., as ill -uiiiiiier ; head, neck, back, and scapulars dark lu'owiiisii 

 ^lay, the lieail and neck li^'liter : ju^'uhiiii pale avny, without bars; other lower jiiu'ts while. 

 yiin)irj,firitl pliinuKjc : " lleail dull blown, the fwithers el(,'ed with rufous-liiilf ; an iiulisliiat lij,'lit- 

 l>Mlf line passiii^r from the base of the bill above ainl beyond the eye ; neck dark buff ; baik earthy 

 lirown, with here and there a dark blackish brown leather, all beinj,' edited with dull riifoutt . . . 



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