LIMOSA. 



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It neither breeds so far north nor winters so far south as its Black-tailed ally. It is 

 not known to breed north of the basin of Lake Winnipeg, or to winter further south than 

 the coast of Peru. It may possibly be a resident in the central portion of its range. 



On the Pacific coast it has not been recorded north of Vancouver Island ; it is said 

 to be common nearly all the year round on the southern half of the Californian coast ; it 

 winters on the Pacific coast of Guatemala (Salvin, Ibis, 1865, p. 190) ; it has occurred on 

 the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador (Steere, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 141), and 

 on the coast of Western Peru (Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 748). 



It is probably confined during the breeding-season to the inland lakes, and is much 

 rarer on the Atlantic coast than the Black-tailed species. It is not known to visit 

 Labrador, but it is found on migration on the coasts of the Northern States and in winter 

 on those of the Southern States, as well as on the West Indies. It has not been recorded 

 from the Atlantic coast of South America, but it is common in the Bay of Honduras 

 (Leyland, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 64). 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



*^* Swbgeneric group with no white on the rump. 



LIMOSA MELANURA. 



BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT. 



Liaiosa rectricibus nigris, ad basin albis : axillaribus albis brunneo notatis. 



Diagnosis. 



