Order GEALL^.] 



[Eam. SCOLOPACIDiE. 



LIMOSA BAUEEL 



(BARRED.RUMPED GODWIT.) 



Limosa baiieri, Naum. Vog. Deutschl. viii. p. 429 (1836). 



Limosa lapponica, var. novw zealandiw. Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Birds, p. 13 (1844). 



Limosa hrevipes, Gray, Cat. Gralla? Brit. Mus. p. 95 (1844). 



Limosa australasiana^ id. ojp. cit. p. 96 (1844). 



Limosa novce-zealandiw. Gray, Gen. of B. iii, p. 570 (1847). 



Limosa iiropygialis^ Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 38. 



Limosa foxii, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 231, pi. 65 (1848). 



Limosa r^fa, Temm. & Schl. Faun. Japon. p. 114 (1850). 



Gallinago punctata, EUman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 



Native name, — Kuaka. 



Ad. ptil Mem. supra brunnescens, pileo summo unicolori : colli plumis vix medialiter saturatioribus : dorsi 



plumis conspicue medialiter saturatius brunneis, scapis nigricantibus, scapidaribus cinereo lavatis : 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus albis, fasciis brunneis conspicuis transnotatis : tectricibus alarum dorso 

 concoloribus extus fulvescente anguste marginatis.medianis etmajoribus nigricante medialiter lineatis : 

 primariis saturate brunneis, intus pallidioribus, scapis albis, secundariis grisescenti-brunneis, extus 

 albido limbatis : caud^ brunnea, rectricibus centralibus cinerascentibus conspicue albo terminatis : loris 

 et genis albicantibus : corpore subtus sordide albo, coUo inferiore et pectore summo cinerascentibus, 

 hypochondriis vix brunneo fasciatis : subalaribus et axillaribus albis brunnco transfasciatis : rostro 

 brunneo, mandibula ad basin rufescente : pedibus saturate plumbeis-: iride nigra. 



Adult in winter. 



brown 



throat, and a streak from the base of the upper mandible extending beyond the eyes, white ; neck, all 

 round, brownish grey, spotted with dark brown on the nape ; upper part of the back rusty brown, with 

 darker centre spots, and mottled with white ; the scapulars light rust-brown, with a series of white 

 triangular spots on each web ; lower part of back greyish white varied with brown ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts white, conspicuously barred with brown, these bars assuming on the outer feathers the form 

 of arrow-heads; breast and sides of the body creamy white, sometimes stained with grey; abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts pure white, some of the latter with irregular dusky bars ; lining of wings and 

 axillary plumes white, faintly barred with brown ; primaries clove-brown on their upper surface, darker 

 on their outer webs and towards the tips, light grey on their under surface, with dusky freckles ; 

 secondaries marked like the scapulars, but with the spots on the inner webs inchning to fulvous ; the 

 wing-coverts are clove-brown, more or less tipped with white ; tail-feathers brown, barred towards the 

 base, and the middle ones largely tipped with white. Irides black ; bill light brown, tinged with purple 

 in its basal half, black beyond; tarsi and toes deep bluish grey; claws black. Length 18 inches; ex- 

 tent of wings 31 ; wing, from flexure, 975 ; tail 3'5 ; bill, along the ridge, 4 ; bare tibia 1 ; tarsus 2-3 ; 

 middle toe and claw 1'5 ; hind toe and claw '5. 



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