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BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 
(Fedoa raelanura.) 
Fe. Cauda nigra, basi alba; remigibus speculo albo, unguibus 
mediis elongatis denticidatis. 
Godwit with a black tail, with its base white, a white speculum on 
the quills, and the inner claws elongated and denticulated. 
Fedoa nostra secunda. Raii. Aves. 105. 
Scolopax Limosa. Li^in. S^st. Nat. 1. 244. G^nel. Syst. Nat. 1. 
666. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 719. 
La Barge ou Barge commune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 500- 
pi. 27. Buff. PL Enl. 874. 
Limosa melanura. Temm. man. d'Orn. 429. Id. 2. Edit. 2. 664. 
Hors. Linn. Trans. 'x.in. 193. Sabine. Frank. Journ. App. 
689. 
Le Barge a queue noire. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 488. 
Jadreka Snipe. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 146. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 
and Sup. "with pi. Lew. Brit. Birds. 4<.pl. 162. 
Summer Dress. — Scolopax Belgica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 663. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 719. 
Scolopax CEgocephala. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 246. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1.667. Lath. Ind. Or7i. 2.719. 
La Grande Barge Rouss. Btff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 5. 505. Btff. 
PI. Enl. 916. 
Red Godwit. Penn. Brit. Zool. pi. B. B. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 
142. Wale. Syn. 2. 140. Letu. Brit. Birds, 4. pi. 160. Mont. 
Orn. Diet. 1. 
The distinguishing characters of this bird, are its 
having the tail of an uniform black with a white 
base ; the nail of the middle toe dentate ; and a 
white spot on the wing-quills. Length about six- 
teen inches. Its summer plumage possesses the fol- 
lowing colours : its beak is bright orange at its base, 
with a black tip : from the upper mandible of the 
