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The Bar-tailed Godwit feeds on minute insects and crustaceans which it picks up on the 

 shores. Our friend Mr. Collett examined the stomachs of two shot near Christiania in September, 

 and found them to contain larvse of Geometra, Lumbrici, and small Crustacea. 



The figures and descriptions of the adult male and young bird are taken from specimens in 

 Dresser's collection, as is also the description of the young in first autumn ; that of the female in 

 breeding-plumage is from a specimen lent to us by Professor Newton, and that of the female in 

 winter from a specimen placed at our disposal by Mr. Henry Durnford, of Liverpool. 



In the preparation of the above article we have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, b, c, d, e,f, g, h, males. Paghain, May {Grant). i,j, k, ?. Pagkam, Sussex, May 1872 (Grant). I, d . 

 Boel, Jutland, spring of 1871 (Benzon). m, n, juv. Rye, Sussex, September 8th, 1860 (H. E. D.). 

 o,p,juv. Pagham, September (Grant), q, pullus. Muonioniska, Lapland, July 4th (Meves). 



E Mus. A. von Hugel. 



a, <S , b, $. Hiddensee, Germany, September 1868 (Schluter). c, d, e,f. Yarmouth, Norfolk, g, h. Christ- 

 church, Hants (A. v. H.). 



E Mus. J. H. Gurney, jun. 



■a. Greatham, Durham, September 9th. b. Norfolk, May 14th. c. Leadenhall Market, May. d. Leadenhall 

 Market, January, e. Hickling, May. /, g. Leadenhall Market. 



E Mus. Lord Lilford. 



a, b, 6 . Locality ? spring plumage (A. Crichton) . 



E Mus. Cecil Smith, 

 a, b, S . Leadenhall Market, May. c, 6 . Inston, September 23rd. 



E Mus. T. E. Buckley, 

 a. Bura, September 16th. b. Gottenburg, August 26th (T. E. B.). 



E Mus. A. Newton. 



a. Denmark, October 1869 (Kjarbolling). b, $. Kylmesin-jarvi-ranta, Lapland, c. ? (Knight). 



E Mus. A. B. Brooke, 

 a. Dublin Bay, September 1870 (A. B. B.). 



