ees! ~~) 
Local Names of Migratory Game Birds. 59 
250. Pacific Godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri). 
Range.—Eastern Asia to New Zealand. Breedsin eastern Siberiaand Kamchatka and in western Alaska 
from Kotzebue Sound to Unalaska; winters in the Malay Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and 
Oceania; migrates through China, Japan, and the Philippines; casualin migration north to Point Barrow: 
accidentalin Hawaii and Lower California. 3 
Names.—No vernacular names are known for this species. 
251. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica). (Fic. 44.) 
Range.—North and South America. Breeds from the lower Anderson River southeast to central Kee- 
watin (N. W. T.); wintersin Argentina, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands; in migration occurs princi- 
pally east of the Great Plains, most commonly on tie Atlantic coast in autumn and in the Mississippi 
Valley in spring; casualin Alaska. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—None. 
In local wse.—Blacktail (Mass.); brant-bird (Me.); Carolina-willet (N. J.); clou-clou 
(La.); curlew (Me.); field marlin (N. J.); fool or foolish godwit (Man.); godwit (Me.); 
goose-bird (Mass.); marlin (Va.); ringtail (Miss.); ring-tailed marlin (R. I., Long Id., 
N. Y., N. J., Va.); spotrump, straight-billed curlew, whiterump (Mass.). 
Fic. 44.—Hudsonian Godwit. 
Geographic index:—La., clou-clou; Me., brant-bird, curlew, godwit; Man., fool 
godwit, foolish godwit; Mass., blacktail, goose-bird, spotrump, straight-billed curlew, 
whiterump; Miss., ringtail; NV. J., Carolina willet, field marlin, ring-tailed marlin; 
NV. Y., ring tailed marlin; R. J, ring-tailed marlin; Va., marlin, ring-tailed marlin. 
BOOK NAMES. 
- Barge de la baie d’Hudson (Hudson Bay godwit), barge rousse (red godwit), Amert- 
can black-tailed godwit, bay-breasted godwit, black-tailed godwit, black-tailed 
marlin, humility, lesser doe-bird, red-breasted godwit, red godwaite, rose-breasted 
godwit, smaller doe-bird, Virginia-woodcock, white-rumped godwit. 
252. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa). 
Range.—Northern parts of the Old World. Breeds from at least as far north as the Arctic Circle to Ice- 
land, Holland, Russia, and Siberia; winters in the Mediterranean region; accidental in Greenland. 
Names.—This species has no vernacular names in America; some English names are 
common godwit, red godwit, and small-curlew; and French appellations are barge 
aboyeuse (barking godwit), barge commune (common godwit), and barge a queue 
noire (black-tailed godwit). 
