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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Genus Limosa. 

 Bill very long, slightly inclined upwards. Hind toe rather 

 long. 



Barred-rumped Godwit: Limosa novae-zealandiae. 



Meyer. 



The Barred-rumped Godwit. 



Limosa novce-zealandice. 



Eastern Siberia and Alaska to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand 

 in winter. 



Above blackish, mottled with chestnut; lower back dusky, the 

 feathers having white edgings; under wing-eoverts mettled and axillaries 

 barred; tail brown, tipped and barred with white; crown of head chestnut 

 and streaked; under surface chestnut and streaked on upper breast. 

 Total length 14.5 inches, culmen 3.4, wing 8.9, tail 2.9, tarsus 2.2. 



Nests in Siberia. 



