SCOLOPAX LAPPONICA. 
RED GODWIT, 
Generic Character. See S. rusticola. 
ScoLOPAx lapponica ; rostro flavescente, pedibus ni- 
grisj subtus tota rufo ferruginea. 
Red Godwit ; Bill yellowish;, legs blacky body be- 
neath ferruginous. 
ScALOPAx Lapponica. Lin. Sjjst. vA. p. 246. GmcL 
Si/st. V. 2. p. 667. Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 718. 
LiMosA RUFA. Briss. Av. v, 5. p. 281. t. 25. /. 1. 
Barge rousse. Buff. Hist. d'Ois. v. 7. p. 504. Temm. 
Man. d'Orn. cd. 2. p. 668. 
Red Godwit. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 2. p. 51. pi. 12. 
Arct. Zool. 372. Lath. Syn. v. 5. p. 142. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. lb. Sup. Beicick Br. 
Birds, pt. 2. p. 85. 
1 HIS bird measures about eighteen inches in length, and 
weighs from ten to thirteen ounces. Bill nearly four inches 
in length, slightly inclining upwards, slender, the tip 
roughened like a file ; eyes dark hazel ; legs four inches in 
length ; thighs bare a considerable space above the knees ; 
toes long and slender. 
The Red Godwit is subject to considerable variety in its 
plumage, some specimens being nearly destitute of the fer- 
ruginous colour on the neck and breast, others having the 
back ash colour, and the bars on the breast wanting ; the 
white or cream colour of the upper tail coverts, and rump. 
