MEYERS GODWIT. 
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tipped by a large reddish -white spot : the tip of the 
tail-feathers white, and of the beak brown. 
This species is found in various parts of Europe, 
and also occurs in North America: it is found in 
marshy places and meadows, on the muddy banks of 
ditches and pools of water : it migrates spring and 
autumn, and breeds in the north, forming a nest 
among high plants, and laying four deep olive-coloured 
eggs, speckled with large spots of pale brown : it feeds 
upon caterpillars, insects, worms, and the spawn of 
frogs. 
It is a very rare species in England, but abounds 
in Holland : in the former country it never occurs 
in summer. 
MEYERS GODWIT. 
(Fedoa Meyeri.) 
Fe. rostro Ibngissimo^ rectricihus duabus mediis lateralibusque, 
longitudinali reliquis transversim, alho nigroque radiatis. 
Godwit with a very long beak, the two middle and lateral tail- 
feathers longitudinally, and the rest transversely, radiated with 
black and white. 
Limosa Meyeri. (Leisler.) Temm. man. d'Orn. 434. 
Barge Meyer. Temm. man. d'Orn. 434. 
This species has some of the tail-feathers barred 
transversely with white and dusky j the two middle 
ones and the lateral one on each side longitudinally 
rayed : the claw of the middle toe is entire : the 
