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the spring, and stays till the end of autumn. At night it makes 

 a remarkably loud piping noise. Some years since, we saw a 

 Sandpiper flying across a river attacked by a Hawk, when it 

 instantly dived, and remained under water until its enemy dis- 

 appeared. It then emerged, and joined its companions. This 

 bird when flushed, sometimes utters a note resembling as nearly 

 as possible that of the Kingfisher. It has a habit of jirking its 

 tail up and down as it runs. 



5. T. Glottis (Greenshank). 



Genus LIII. Limosa. 



1. L. Mclanura (Red Godwit). 



We have named this bird (the Red Godwit of English authors) 

 after Temminck, because both species of British God wits have 

 red breasts in spring. 



Some of these birds used to breed in the marshes of Norfolk, 

 and three years since we received the egg of this species from 

 Yarmouth. But it is doubtful whether they are to be found at 

 present in their former haunts. The draining of the marshes, the 

 eagerness with which eggs are sought after for market, and the 

 keen pursuit of sportsmen, have rendered water-birds of all kinds 

 much scarcer than they used to be formerly. There was, how- 

 ever, a large flock of these birds at Yarmouth in October ISlp. 



2. L. rii/a (Common Godwit). 



We have examined specimens of this bird killed in Norfolk 

 in various states of plumage. Those met with in autumn have 

 been in the dress of the Common Godwit of English authors : 

 but M hen the individual was killed early in the spring, it was in 

 a state of change between that bird and the Red-breasted Snipe 

 of Montagu. Before it leaves this country to breed, it has 



assumed 



