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LIMICOL^. 



The Ruff is a very rare visitor on migration to the Japanese 

 islands (Blakiston and Pryer^ Ihis, 1878, p. 221). A single example 

 has occurred in Yezzo (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33) ; there is a 

 single example in the Pryer collection from the Yokohama market, 

 and two others were obtained in the neighbourhood of Yokohama on 

 the 13th of October (Seebohm, Ibis, 1885, p. 364). 



The Ruff is a winter visitor to the British Islands, its breeding- 

 range- extending across Europe and Siberia to Kamtschatka. 



331. LIMOSA RUFA. 



(BAR-TAILED GOLDWIT.) • 



Limosa rufa, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 281 (1760) ; Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. &c. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 82 (1816). 



The Eastern race of the Bar-tailed Goldwit has been described as 

 distinct from the Western race, under the name of Limosa uropygialis 

 (Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 38). 



In the Bar-tailed Godwit the basal half of the tail-feathers does 

 not differ much from the terminal half in colour. The Eastern form 



Limosa rufa. 



of the Bar-tailed Godwit differs from the European form in having 

 the lower back and rump much more profusely streaked with brown ; 

 but as the two forms completely intergrade, it can only be regarded 



