RED-BREASTED GOD WIT. 
THIS bird is one of that genus which BufTon 
denominates Barges ; and is his fifth species, 
or Rufous Barge. It is the Scolopax Lappo- 
nica, of Linnaeus ; the Limosa Rufa, of Bris- 
son ; the Totanus Fulvus, of Barrere ; and 
the Red-Breasted Godwit, of Pennant, Latham, 
and Edwards. 
It appears to have been first figured and de- 
scribed by Edwards, whose excellent figure we 
have adopted. He informs us, that " the origi- 
nal bird was brought from Hudson's Bay, by- 
Mr. Isham, and differs very greatly in colour 
from any of this genus yet described ; they 
all of them having white or light-coloured un- 
der sides; so that," he adds, "it may justly 
be. counted a non-descript. 
iC The bill measures a little more than 
•three inches ; the wing, when closed, is seven 
inches and a half long ■ the leg, from the knee 
to the foot, two inches and a quarter; the 
middle 
