11(1 BIRDS OF BRITISH CU'IAXA. 



neck rufous with brown centres to the feathers ; breast and abdo- 

 men rufous with dark bars and white fringes to the feathers, the 

 under tail-coverts similar but much more coarsely marked ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts dusky black wiih white margins 

 to the latter. 



Total length 320 mm., culmen 77, wing 210, tail 79, tarsus 58, 

 middle toe and claw 37. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the descriptions are taken from examples in the British Museum. 



Adult male (icinter plumage). General colour on the upjier 

 parts duskv grey, more or less marked with pale spots or edgings 

 to the feathers of the back and wings ; eyebrow, throat, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts dull white; neck all round and breast grey, 

 paler and inclining to buff on the abdomen. 



JJahits. The only reference we possess of the occurrence of this 

 species in British Guiana is that of Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri 

 (2) X. p. 274), from which we have copied the following note : — 

 " Another migrant which will at once be recognised by its thin, 

 long, and flexible beak, and its long, slender, light blue legs, with 

 four toes, is the Red-breasted Godwit or Marlin (Limosa hud- 

 sonica). This bird is but seldom obtained on the coast in the 

 Colony, though considering its range, it must pass through 

 equatorial America in considerable numbers on its way south." 



This species is known to breed as far north as the Arctic 

 regions of North America, and ranges in the winter to the extreme 

 south of South America. 



Genus LIMNODROMUS AVied. 



Limnodromus Wied, Beitr. Xat. Brasil, iv. p. 716, 1S33. Type L. 

 yriseus (Gmel.)- 



Tills genus differs from Limosa in its smaller size, the wideninor 

 of the bill at the tip, and the pitting on the apical portions of the 

 iipper and lower mandibles. 



72. Limnodromus griseus. 

 Red-breasted SANDPirER. 



Limnoflrof/nts qriseifs (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 658, 1789 ("Habitat in 

 XoveVvoraci niaritimis'j; Brabouinc & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 p. 41, no. 304, 1912. 



