BIRDS — SCOLOPACIDAE LIMOSA HUDSONICA. 



741 



Figures.— Wilson Am. Orn. VII, pi. 56, fig. 1.— AuD. B. of Am. pi, 238; oot. ed. V, pi. 348.— Edwards' Birds, III, pi. 

 137.— ViEiLL. Gal. des Ois. II, pi. 243. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill long, curved upwards; both mandibles grooved; wings long; tail short; legs long; tibia with its lower half 

 naked; toes rather short, margined and flattened underneath ; the outer and middle toes united by a rather large membrane. 

 Entire upper parts variegated with brownish black and pale reddish, the former disposed in irregular and confluent bands, and 

 the latter in spots and imperfect bands; in many specimens the black color predominating on the back, and the pale red on the 

 rump and upper tail coverts. Under parts pale rufous, with transverse lines of brownish black on the breast and sides ; unde"* 

 wing coverts and axillaries darker rufous ; outer webs of primaries dark brown, inner webs light rufous ; secondaries light 

 rufous; fail light rufous, with transverse bars of brownish black. Bill pale yellowish, red at base, brownish black at the end ; 

 'egs ashy black. Total length about 18 inches; wing, 9 ; tail, 34 ; bill, 4 to 5 ; tarsus, 3 inches. 



ScA. — Entire temperate regions of North America ; South America. 



A large and haudsome slaore bird, well known to sportsmen as the godwit, and a great favorite 

 for shooting. From the collections of the surveying expeditions it appears to be equally abundant 

 in the interior and on the Pacific as on the eastern coast of the United States. 



List of specimens. 



Catal. No. 



'Sex. 



Locality. 



Whence obtained. 



Collected by- 



1205 

 545 

 4499 

 9833 

 9839 

 6446 

 5450 

 4884 

 4172 

 6439 



New York. 

 ....do 



Cape Flattery, W. T 



Shoal water bay 



Bodega, California 



San Francisco 



Fort Union, Nebraska.. 

 Kanesville, Nebraska .. 

 Brazos Santiago, Texas. 

 Indian Key, Florida 



S. F. Baird . 

 do.... 



Lieut. Trowbridge . 

 Gov. I. I. Stevens . 

 Lieut. Trowbridge . 

 Dr. Geo. Suokley .. 



Lieut. Warren 



do 



Captain Van Vliet . 

 G. Wiirdemann 



Dr. Cooper , 



Dr. Hayden 



LIMOSA HUDSONIOA, (Lath.) Sw. 



Hudsoniau Godwit. 



? Smlapax lappanica, var, 13. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788. — Forste«. 



Scolopax hudsonica, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 720. 



lAmosa hudsonica, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 396.— Nuttall, Man. II, 1834, 175.— Aod. Orn. Biog. HI, 1835, 426 = 



V, 592; pi. 258.— Ib. Syn. 247.— Ib. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 335; pi. 349. 

 Limosa mdanura, Bon. Specchio, 1827, No. 204. 

 Limosa aegocephala, Bon. Syn. 1828, 327. 

 ? Limosa edwardsii, Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831. 

 Figures.— Edwards' Birds, III, pi. 138. — Aod. B. of Am. pi. 258; oot. ed. Y, pi. 349. 



Sp. Ch.— Smaller than the preceding. Bill longer than the head ; both mandibles grooved, slightly recurved ; wings long 

 legs moderate; membrane uniting the outer and middle toe large. Adult. Upper parts brownish black, with spots and 

 transverse bars of pale reddish on the back; rump brownish black; upper tail coverts white; wing coverts and shorter quills 

 dark cinereous ; primaries brownish black. Under parts yellowish red, with transverse bars of brownish black on the breast 

 and sides and under tail coverts, and frequently with the feathers on the abdomen widely tipped with white ; tail black, with the 

 base white, and narrowly tipped with white. Under wing coverts and axillary feathers black ; shafts of primaries white • bill 

 pale yellowish at base ; tip brownish black ; legs bluish brown. Younger. Head and upper parts cinereous, irregularly marked 



