iinite, and form one fingle fin, fhaped like a fun- 
nel ; there are two dorfal fins, the anterior of which 
confifts of fomewhat rigid bones; the fcales are 
rough; the body is oblong; the head is com- 
preffed ; and the eyes are covered with the com- 
mon fls;in of the head. In the Artedian fyRem, 
there are four fpecies belonging to this genus. 
According to Linna?us, the Gobius is a genus 
of the thoracic order, having the eyes placed near 
each other, and two fmall holes between them, 
four branchioftegiou? rays, and the ventral fins 
united. This lafb-mentioncd naturalift enume- 
rates eight fpecies ; the Gobius niger, paganellus, 
eleotris, aphya, jozo, peftiniroftris, barbarus, and 
anguillaris. 
GOBIUS ASPER. An appellation given by 
Gefner to a fpecies of perch, called by other na- 
turalifts afper pifciculus ; and, by LinnJEUs, perca 
afper. It is difl;inguifhed among the perch tribe 
by A^rtedi under the name of the perch with eight 
or nine black lines on each fide. 
GOBIUS FLUVIATILIS. See Gudgeon. 
GOBY, BLACK. This fiOi grows to the 
length of fix inches. The body is foft, flippery, 
and of a flender form; the head is large in pro- 
portion to the fize of the animal; the cheeks are 
inflated; the teeth are fmall, and difpofed in two 
rows ; and from the head to the firft dorfal fin there 
is a fmall fukus. The firft dorfal fin confifts of 
fix rays ; the fecond, of fourteen ; and the peftoral 
fins of fixteen or feventeen, clofely united. The 
ventral fins coalefce, and form a fort of funnel, 
by means of which this fifh affixes itlelf to the 
rocks; the tail is moderately long and rounded; 
the colour li brown, or deep olive, mixed with 
dark ftreaks, and fpotted with black ; and the dor- 
fal and anal fins are a pale blue, the rays being 
marked with minute black fpots. 
Goby, Spotted. This fpecies is caught in 
feveral parts of the Britifh feas, the longeft being 
only about three inches. The noi'e is obtufc; the 
eyes are large and prominent; the irides are fapphi- 
rine; the head is fiat; the tongue is large; and 
both javs's are furnin:icd v^'ith teeth. The firft dor- 
fal fin confifts of fix rays, and the fecond of ele- 
ven ; the ventral fins are united ; the anal fin con- 
fifts of eleven rays; and the tail is even at the end. 
The body is of a whitifii colour, obfcurcly fpotted 
with ferruginous; and the rays of the doiial fins 
and the tail are barred with the fame colour. 
GODWIT ; the Scolopax Qigocephala of 
Linnan.is. This bird refembles the woodcock in 
many refpefts. It is fixteen inches in length, and 
twenty-feven in breadth; and it's weight is up- 
wards of twelve ounces. The bill is four inches 
long, black at the end, and of a pale purple co- 
lour at the bafe ; and from the bill to the eye there 
is a broad white ftroke. The plumage of the 
head, neck, and back, is of a liglit reddifli brown 
hue, m.arked in the middle v/ith a duficy fpot; the 
belly and the vent-feathers are white; and the tail 
is regularly barred with black and white. The 
fix firft quill-feathers are black ; the legs, in fome, 
are duflcy ; in others, a greyifli blue; and the exte- 
rior toe is connefted by a ftrong ferrated mem- 
brane to the middle toe, as far as the firft joint. 
■ The male is diftinguifhed from the female by 
fome black lines on the breaft and throat, of which 
the latter is deftitute. 
Theie birds are taken in the fens, in the fame 
feafon and manner with the ruffs and rees; and, 
when fattened^ are efteemed a peculiar delicacy. 
GOD 
They appear on the Britifh coafts in September, 
in fmall flocks; remain in the ifland during the 
winter; and, like curlews, walk on the open fands, 
and feed on infefls. 
God WIT, Cinereous. This fpecies was firft- 
difcovered near Spalding, in Lincolnftiire. The 
bill is two inches and a half long; the head, neck^, 
and back, are variegated with afti-colour and 
white; the tail is flightly barred with cinereous; 
the throat and breaft are white, except that the 
latter is marked with a few afii-coloured Ipotsj 
and the legs are long, flender, and afti-coloured. 
This bird is much of a fize with the green-fliank, 
and approaches it nearly in colour; but the thick- 
nefs of it's bill forms a fpecific diftinftion. 
God WIT, Red. This bird is feldom Ceen in 
England, but it fometimes frequents the northern 
provinces. It is fuperior in fize to the common 
kind: the bill is nearly four inches long, a little 
refleded upwards ; the lower half being black, and 
the upper yellow. The head, neck, breaft, fideSj, 
fcapulars, and upper part of the back, are of a 
bright ferruginous colour; the head is marked 
with oblong duflcv lines ; the neck is plain ; the 
breaft, fides, fcapulars, and back, are varied with 
tranfverfe black bars, and the edges of the feathers 
with a pale cinereous brown. The middle of the 
belly is white; the lefi^er coverts of the wings are 
brown, the greater being tipped with white; the 
fhafts, and the lower interior webs of the greater 
quill-feathers, are white; the exterior webs, and 
the upper half of the fecondary feathers, are black, 
the lower half being white ; the coverts, and the 
inferior part of the tail-feathers, are white, the up- 
per part being black; the legs, which are alfo 
black, are four inches long; and the thighs above 
the knees are naked for the fpace of one inch and 
three-quarters. 
GoDwiT, Lesser. This fpecies weighs about 
nine ounces; it's length is feventeen inches, and 
it's breadth twenty-eight. The bill bends a little 
upwards, and is more than three inches long; the 
chin is white, tinged with red; the neck is cine- 
reous; the head is of a deep afli-colour; the back 
is uniformly brown ; and the rump is encompaffed 
with a Vv^hite ring. The two middle feathers of 
the tail are black; the cutermoft, efpecially on the 
exterior web, are white almoft to their tips; and, 
in tlie reft, the white part becomes lefs and lefs to- 
wards the centre. This bird was firft defcribed 
by Ray. 
GoDv/iT, American, Great. The bill of 
this fpecies is about four inches long, ftraight and 
flender, and of a bright yellov/ colour near the 
bafe, growing gradually duficy to^vards the point; 
the noftrils are placed pretty near the head, but 
the eyes are more remote from the head than is 
ufual in other birds ; the head, and the upper 
part of the body, are miarked with black and dark 
brown fpots, except that the ri>mp is brighter; the 
quills of the wings next the great ones are of an 
orange colour marked with fmall black fpots ; the 
belly and thighs are a browniJli white; the thighs 
are naked far above tlte knees ; and the feet and 
legs are covered with duflcy fcales. This bird is 
a native of Fludfon's Bay. 
GoDwiT, Red-Breasted. The bill of this 
fpecies, which rneafures upwards of three inches, 
is long and ftraight, black at the point, and yel- 
lowifti towards the bafe; on each fide of the eye, 
paflTcs a whitifh line, vs^hich rifes from. the, bill; the 
top of the head, the neck, and the back, are co- 
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