494 LIMOSA HUDSONICA, HUDSONIAN GODWIT. 



eggs. The spots are pretty evenly distributed, though rather larger in 

 two instances, and more numerous in the other instance, about the butt 

 than elsewhere. These 'markings are of various umber-brown shades, 

 with the usual stone-gray shell spots. 



LIMOSA HUDSONICA, (Lath.) Sw. 



Hudsonian or Black-tailed Godwit. 



Scolopax alba et Candida, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 247 (based on Fedoa canadensis, Edw., 

 pi. 139; Limosa Candida, Briss., v, 290; Totanus canadensis, Edw., pi. 139, f. 1; 

 Totoniis candidus, Briss., v, 207 : whence also Limosa edtoardsii, Sw. & EiCH., 

 F. B. A. ii, 1831, 398). 



Scolopax lapponica, var. /?, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788. 



Scolopax hudsonica, Lath., Ind. Orn. li, 1790, 720. 



Limosa kudsonica, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831 (Edw., pi. 138). — Nutt., il, 1834, 175. — 

 AuD., Oru. Biog. iii, 1835, 426; v, 592; pi. 258; Syn. 1839, 247 ; B. A. v, 1842, 

 335, pi. 349.— Bp., List, 1838, 52.-GIR., B. L. 1. 1844, 260.— Pdtn., Pr. Ess. lust, 

 i, 1856, 217.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 741.— ScL., P. Z. S. 1860, 387 (Falklands).— 

 Cab., J. f. O. iv, 350 (Cuba).— Dakw., Voy. Be.agle, Birds, 129 (Chiloe).— Pklz., 

 Novara Eeise, Vog. 128 (Chiloe).— Phil., Cat. 35 (Chili).— SCL. & Sai.v., P. Z. 

 S. 1869, 202 (Veuezuela).— ScL., P. Z. S. 1860, 387 (Magellan Straits and Falk- 

 lands).— Pblz., Orn. Bras. 308 (Brazil).— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Eep. 1860, No. 

 222. — BOARDM., Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 129 (Maine, migratory). — Verr., Pr. Ess. 

 Inst, iii, 1862, 159.— Aixen, iftid. iv,1864, 87.— McIWR., ihid.'v, 1866, 93.— Coues, 

 ibid. Y, 1868, 296.— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 123.— Dall & Bann., Tr. 

 Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 293.— Tuknb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 32.— Mayn., Guide, 1870, 142.— 

 Coues, Key, 1872, 258.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 10.— Scl., P. Z. S. 1873, 456 (Sonth 

 America). — Eidgw., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 385 (Illinois). 



Limosa melamiru, Bp., Specchio Comp. 1827, No. 204; not of authors. 



Limosa mgocephala, Bp., Syn. 1828, 327; not of authors. 



Limosa australis, Grav, Cat. Br. Mus. 1844, 95. (Selater.) 



Eai. — ^Northern and Eastern North America. West Indies. South America. Breeds 

 far northward. Not noted west of the Rooky Mountains. Rare along the Atlantic. 

 Observed by none of the Expeditions. 



This Godwit is much less abundant in the United States than the 

 preceding, and appears to range chiefly along the Atlantic coast. It is, 

 however, included by Prof. Snow among the birds of Kansas on Prof. 

 Baird's authority. I have never seen it alive. Its breeding resorts are 

 eutirelj' beyond our limits, iu hyperborean regions. A set of four eggs 

 of Limosa hudsonica is in the Smithsonian, from Anderson Eiver, where 

 they were secured by Mr. MacFarlane, June 9. They measure 2.15 to 

 2.20 in length by about 1.40 in breadth. The ground is a very heavily- 

 shaded olive-drab, much darker (almost as in a Loon's or Jiiger's egg) in 

 two of the specimens than in the other. In these darker specimens the 

 markings are almost lost in the general heavy color, merely appearing 

 a little darker ; they are chiefly evident at the greater end. In the 

 other the markings, of the same general character, are, however, much 

 more conspicuous, owing to the lighter ground. 



TOTANUS SEMIPALMATUS, (Gm.) Temm. 



Semipalmated Tattler; Willet; Stone Snipe. 



Scolopax semipalmata, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 659. — Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 722 (Arct. 



Zool. ii. No. 380, pl.'20, f. 2; Lath., Syn. v, 152).— WiLS., Am. Orn. vii, 1813, 27, 



pi. 56, f. 3. 

 Totanus semipalmaius, Temm., Man. Orn. ii, 637.— Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 206.— Sw. Su 



Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 388, pi. 67 (north to 56°).— AuD., Oru. Biog. iii, 1835* 



510; V, 1839, 585; pi. 274; Syn. 1839,245; B. Am. v, 1842,324, pi. 347.— GiR., B. 



L. I. 1844, 254.— WooDH., Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 99 (New Mexico).— Putn., Pr. Ess. 



Inst, i, 1856, 217.— Heerm., P. R, R. Rep. x, 1859, pt. vi, 65.— CoUES, Key, 258. 

 Toianus (Cafoplyophoriie) semipalmaius, Bp., Syn. 1828, 328. — Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 144. 



