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A.— Red Godwit, Gen. Syn. v. 143. 13. A. Ind. Orn. ii. 719. (3. 



A trifle bigger than the last. Bill four inches and a half long ; 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body plain brown ; head and neck 

 cinereous ; chin nearly white ; over the eye a pale streak ; breast 

 mottled with red ; from thence to the vent white ; tail as the others ; 

 legs dusky. 



A specimen of this was sent from Gibraltar, by the late Rev. J. 

 White ; who observes, that they are brought to market with others 

 of the Genus, and vary so much in size and colours, as to make it 

 difficult to ascertain the species. In some particulars they correspond 

 with the Red-breasted, in others with the Common Godwit, and 

 having examined both sexes, it seemed to him doubtful whether 

 there were actually two distinct species. 



B. — Length thirteen inches. Bill three inches ; plumage mostly 

 pale ash-colour ; shafts of the feathers black, with a slight mixture 

 of black on some of the feathers of the back ; sides of the head and 

 neck before clay-colour, with a streak of the same over the eye ; chin 

 and throat nearly plain ; neck and breast inclining to rufous, with 

 curved dusky marks; quills and tail dusky black ; base of the latter 

 white, the same on some of the edges of the side feathers, but in 

 what proportion is uncertain, as the description was taken from a 

 drawing, in which the tail was partly hid ; thighs white ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits India, under the name of Churta Guiar. 



20— JADREKA SNIPE. 



Scolopax Limosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 719. Lin. i. 245. Fn. suec. No. 172. Gm. Lin. i. 



666. Fn. Groenl. No. 72. Muller, No. 190. Georgi, 171. Bris. v. 262. Id. 



8vo. ii. 277. Fn. Arag. 77. Fn. Helv. Gerin. iv. t. 462. 

 Scolopax Belgica, Gm. Lin. i. 663. 39. Sepp, t. 27. p. 51. Id. p. 53. t. 28. 



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