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nine and a half. Female larger, exceeding the male 

 from three to four inches." — Qiraud. 



Ring-Tailed Maelin. 



Hudsonian Godwit. 

 Limosa Sudsonica, Lath. 



" Specific Character. — Bill blackish-brown, at base 

 of lower mandible yellow ; upper parts light brown, 

 marked with dull brown, and a few small white spots ; 

 neck all around brownish-grey ; lower parts white, 

 largely marked with ferruginous ; basal part of tail- 

 feathers aud a band crossing the rump, white. Adult 

 with the bill slender, blackish towards the tip, lighter 

 at the base, particularly at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; a line of brownish-white from the bill to 

 the eye ; lower eyelid white ; throat white, spotted 

 with rust color ; head and neck brownish-grey ; 

 lower parts white, marked with large spots of ferru- 

 ginous ; under tail-coverts barred with brownish- 

 black, and ferruginous ; tail brow:nish-black, with a 

 white band at the base ; a band over the rump ; tips 

 of primary coverts and bases of quills white ; upper 

 tail-coverts brownish-black — their base white ; upper 

 parts greyish-brown, scapulars marked with darker; 

 feet bluish. Length, fifteen inches and a half; wing, 

 eight and a half. Young with the lower parts brown- 

 ish-grey, the ferruginous markings wanting." — , 

 Giraud. 



Snipe. 

 Genus Scohpax, Linn. 



Generic Distinctions. — Bill long, at least twice the 



