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HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 



LlMOSA HVDSONICA, SwAIN. 

 PLATE CCLVIII. Vol. III. p. 426. 



The following are the dimensions of a very fine specimen selected 

 from among five presented by Dr T. M. Brewer of Boston. Length 

 to end of tail 16| inches, to end of wings 17|, to end of claws 18^ ; 

 extent of wings 2 feet 5 inches ; bill along the ridge 3^, along the edge 

 of lower mandible also 3^ ; wing from flexure Qf^ ; tail ^^-^ ; bare part 

 of tibia \ ; tarsus 2| ; hind toe ^| : its claw l\ ; second toe 1, its claw 

 II ; third toe 1||, its claw ^^^ ; fourth toe 1J|, its claw \\. 



The interior of the mouth as in the other species, its width 4f twelfths, 

 the fore part of the palate with three series of large papillae. Tongue 

 l^g, slender, tapering to a point, trigonal. Channelled above, horny 

 beneath. CEsophagus ^^ inches long, 4 twelfths wide, proventriculus 

 5 twelfths. Stomach a muscular gizzard of an oblong form, 1 inch 

 3 twelfths long, 1 inch in breadth ; its lateral muscles strong and well 

 marked ; the epithelium dense, thick, with numerous longitudinal rugas, 

 and of a brownish-red colour. Contents of the stomach, particles of 

 quartz. Proventricular belt 9 twelfths in breadth. Intestine 1 foot 

 8 inches long, 2f twelfths in width ; rectum 3 twelfths wide, dilated 

 into an ovate cloaca, 8 twelfths in width ; coeca 4 twelfths long 1^ 

 twelfth in width, and 2| inches distant from the extremity. 



Trachea 5 inches long, much flattened, from 3 twelfths to 2 twelfths 

 in breadth ; its rings feeble, 120, and a single dimidiate ring. Bron- 

 chial half rings 15. Muscles as in the other species. 



