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feathers barred with brown; scapulars and fore part 

 of the back brown, the feathers barred and spotted 

 with black and white ; primaries blackish-brown, the 

 shaft of the outer brownish- white, whiter towards the 

 tip, the rest dark-brown ; secondaries margined with 

 white ; hind part of the back brownish-grey ; tail 

 barred with greyish-brown, white at the tip ; legs, 

 feet, and toes, yellow; claws black. Length, ten 

 inches and three-quarters ; wing, six. Young with 

 the legs greenish — and by those who have not recog- 

 nised it as the young of the year, I have heard the 

 propriety of its name questioned." — Giraud. 



GODWIT. 



Genus Limosx 



Generic Distinctions. — Bill very long, a little re- 

 curved from the middle, rather slender, and with the 

 lower mandible the shorter. Wings long and very 

 acute ; tail short and even ; legs long ; toes four, and 

 rather slender, the hind one being small and the 

 middle toe the longest ; anterior toes connected at 

 the base by webs, the outer web being much tho 

 larger. 



Maeliit. 



Great Marbled Godwit. 



Limosa Fedoa, Linn. 



Scohpax Mdoa, Wils. 



This is the gentlest and most abundant of the 



