PLATE LXXV. 
SCOLOPAX EGOCEPHALA. 
‘ | GODWIT. 
GRALL &. 
Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 
divided. ies 
| GENERIC CHARACTER. 
’ Bill flender, ftrait, weak. Noftrils linear, in a furrow. ‘Tongue 
pointed, flender. “Toes divided, or flightly connected; back toe 
(mall. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONIMS. 
Above pale reddifh brown; a dark mark down the middle of 
each feather. Beneath white. ‘Tail barred with brown. 
ScoLopax AEGOCEPHALA roftro recto, pedibus virefcentibus, capite 
colloque rufefcentibus, remigibus tribus nigris 
bafi albis. Linn. Syft. Nat. I. p. 147. 77. 13, 
edit. 10. 
C , Godwit, 
