344 BIRDS. 
Limosa*, Bechst. 
The Godwits have a straight bill, longer than that of the Snipes, and 
sometimes even slightly arcuated near the top. The nasal groove ex- 
tends close to the tip, which is blunt and somewhat depressed; no third 
groove or punctation on its surface. The external toes are palmated at 
the base.. Their form is more slender, and their legs longer than those 
of Snipes; they frequent salt marshes and the sea-shore. 
Scol. leucophea, Lath., and laponica,Gm.; Barge aboyeuse ; the 
young, Brit. Zool. pl. xiii 5 Briss. V, pl. xxiv, f. 2; the adult in 
summer plumage, Enl. 900+. (The Common Godwit). In winter, 
a deep brown-grey, the feathers edged with white; the breast, a 
brown-grey; whitish above; rump white, striped with brown, &c. 
In summer it is red, with a brown back. The tail is always striped 
with white and black. 
Scol. egocephala and belgica, Gm.; Limosa melanura, Leisler ; 
in winter plumage, Enl. 874; in that of summer, Ib. 916. (The 
Black-tailed Godwit). In winter a cinereous grey, browner on the 
back; white belly; in summer, head, neck, and breast, red; the 
mantle, brown spotted with red; beneath, striped with brown, red 
and white bands; tail always black, edged with white at the tip. 
These two birds are double the size of the Woodcock, and their 
changes of plumage have occasioned various multiplications of the 
species. The last, during the summer, covers the plains of northern 
Holland. Its cry is very shrill, and resembles that of a goatt. 
Catrpris ||, Cuo.—Trinea, Temm. 
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The bill of the Sandpipers is depressed at the end, and the nasal fosse 
are very long, as in the Godwits, but this bill is not usually longer than 
the head; their slightly bordered toes have no membranes at their base, 
and their thumb can hardly reach the ground; their moderately long legs 
_and short figure give them a heavier carriage than that of the Godwits. 
They are also much smaller. 
Tringa grisea, Tr. cinerea, and Tr. canutus, Gm.; La Maubéche, 
Enl. 366; Edw. 276; Wils. VII, lvii, 2; the Sandpiper and 
Canute of the English. Winter plumage, ash-coloured above, white 
beneath, with blackish spots on the front of the neck and breast. 
In its summer livery, 7'r. islandica, Gm., or Tr. rufa, Wils. VII, 
* Vieillot has changed this name into LimicuLa, Gal. 248, 
+ Gmelin has made the young of this bird a variety of the following species, and 
quotes the fig. of Brisson, by the name of Secl. glottis, which is a Ruff. The adult 
is his Scol. laponica. The Limosa Meyeri, Leisl. and Temm., is this species in its 
winter livery, and Lim. rufa, the same in its summer plumage. 
+ Add, Scol. fedoa, L.; Wils. V'I, pl. lvi, 4, or the Barge marbrée, Limicula mar- 
morata, Vieill. Galer. 243. We might distinguish the Svol. terek, or Sc. cinerea, Gm.; 
Guldenst., Noy. Act. Petrop. XIX. pl. xix, whose bill is curved upwards, and whose 
feet are semi-palmated. It leads to the Recurvirosires. 
|| Calidris, “ an ash-coloured and spotted bird, frequenting rivers and woods,” 
Aristotle. Brisson has applied it to the Great Sandpiper. 
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