ORDER GRALL^. 373 



Briss. V. pi. xxiv. f. % and the adult, in summer 

 plumage, Enl. 900. 



In winter, deep-brown-grey, the feathers edged with 

 whitish ; breast, brown-grey ; whitish, underneath ; 

 rump, white, radiated with brown, &c. In summer 

 red, with brown back ; the tail always barred with 

 whitish and blackish. 



Gmelin makes the young a variety of the follow- 

 ing species, and cites the figure of Brisson, under 

 Scol. Glottis f which is a Totanus. The adult is his 

 Scol. Laponica. The Limosa Meyeri. Leisl. and 

 Tem. is this species in winter plumage, and Ldm. 

 Hufa. the same in summer plumage. 



The Common Godwit of Pennant, Br. Zool. t. B. In 

 the summer plumage, it is the Red Godwit^ of Pen- 

 nant, and the Red-breasted Snipe, of Mont., but not 

 of Latham. See Edw. t. 138. The young is Latham's 

 Common Godwit. See Meyer. Voy. t. 8. 



Jadreka Sniper Lath. Scol. ^gocepTmla and Belgica, 

 Gm. Limosa Melanura. Leisler. The winter 

 plumage, Enl. 874. Summer, ib. 916. 



In winter, ashen-grey ; browner on the back ; beUy, 

 white ; in summer, head, neck, and breast, red ; 

 mantle, brown, spotted with red ; underneath, striped 

 with brown, red, and white bands ; tail, always black, 

 white tipped. 



The Lesser Godwit of Pennant, in the summer 

 plumage, it is the Barhary Godwit, of Shaw, and the 



