PLATE CLX, 



SCOLOPAX RUFA, 

 RUFOUS GODWIT, 

 Grall^. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill roundifli, obtufe, longer than the head : noftrlls linear : fac^ 

 cpvcred : feet four toed : hin^toe confifting of many joints. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



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SYNONYMS. 



Ferruginous rufous: head, and back of the neck dafhei with 

 black ; wings cinereous, the feathers white at the edges : tail barred 

 alternately with white and dufky. 



ScoLOPAx Hudson ic A var? Lath. Gen, Syn. Supphv, 246^ 



Ind. Orn. 120. ^0. 



There is much reafon for prefuming that this bird, though not 

 till very lately, introduced to the acquaintance of the more expe-. 

 rienced Ornithologifl;, is by no means to be confidered as a recent 



I ^ accjuifition 



