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MACEOEHAMPHUS. 



161. Karachi, 29.10.76. 



Axillaries •white, with brown bars on inner web. — In summer: Crown black, 

 edged rufous. Below pale red. Above black-brown, marbled grey. Tail barred 

 white and brown throughout. Breeds in N. Europe and N.W. Asia, and migrates 

 south in winter, but does not cross the equator. Accidental in Canary Islands. 

 In India hitherto only found at Karachi (see illustration). Eggs (2-2 x 1-45) olive, 

 spotted grey. (B. U57. S.F. i. 295.) 



Also i. novas zealandim. S Hi". 9 16". From Alaska, Siberia, Japan, China, to Malay 

 Archipelago, Oceania, Australia, and New Zealand. 



Z. hudsonica. 14". With axillaries slatish. From N. and S. America. 



i. fedoa. (J 16". 9 14J"- With axillaries cinnamon. Tail banded brown and rufous. 

 From N. and C. America, 



Genus MACRORHAMPHUS. 



With a long beak ; from fi.aKp6s+pdii<poi. 



Bill more high than wide, both mandibles broader toward the tip and pitted. 

 First quUl longest, second subequal. Tarsus with lower part shielded in front or 

 behind. Hind toe well developed. Anterior toes webbed near base. Eemiges 

 twenty. Plumage plain; in summer rufous and in winter grey. Breeds in 

 Arctic regions and migrates to C. and S. America, Europe, Japan, China, India, 

 and Burma, 



162. Macrorhamphus semipalmatus. Tee Snife-billed Godwit. 



i 12|" to 13"; 4 oz. ? 13" to 13i". Legs green. Bill 2^" to SJ", dusky. 

 — In winter: Ash-brown, edged white. Broad white supercUia. Eump and 

 upper tail-coverts white, with arrow-shaped marks of brown. Tail barred brown 

 and white. Axillaries, flanks, and under tail-coverts spotted and barred brown. 

 Lower part of tarsus transversely shielded in front. — In summer: Eufous. Wing 

 brown, edged white. Tail banded black and white. Eare visitor to India and 



