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animals, frequently mingling with sandpipers and sand-plovers. 
It does not appear that this species has been found breeding 
in any part of Britain, although it has been seen by Mr John 
MacGillivray in North Uist in July, and therefore probably 
breeds there. 
Bed-breasted Godwit. Common Godwit. Bed Godwit. 
Grey Godwit. Yar Whelp. Poor Willie. Godwyn. 
Scolopax Lapponica, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 246. — Scolopax 
Lapponica and leucophsea, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 716, 719. — - 
Limosa rufa and Meyeri, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. ii. 668, iv. 
— Limosa rufa, Barred-tailed Godwit, MacGillivray, Brit. 
Birds, iv. 
191. Limosa melanura. Black-tailed Godwit. 
Bill about three and a half inches long, straight ; tarsus 
about three inches and three quarters long ; bill orange, dusky 
at the end ; feet brownish-black ; claws slender, rather point- 
ed, that of the middle toe serrated ; tail black, at the base 
white ; wings with a conspicuous white band. In winter the 
upper parts greyish-brown, streaked with dusky ; fore part of 
neck, breast, and sides pale grey ; middle of breast, abdomen, 
base of quills, secondary coverts, and tail feathers white. In 
summer the neck, breast, and sides bright red, dotted and 
barred with dusky ; fore part of the back and scapulars black, 
variegated with light red. Young with the feathers of the 
upper parts blackish-brown, margined with light red ; the 
neck pale reddish-grey. 
Male, 16, 30, 8 T 9 ¥ , 4, 1 T 5 ¥ , Female, l7f. 
This species breeds in small numbers in some of the Eng- 
lish fens. The greater number of individuals, however, ap- 
pear to be migratory, visiting our coasts in October, and 
departing in the end of spring. It is much less numerous 
with us than the other species, which it resembles in its 
habits. 
Bed Godwit. Lesser Godwit. Jadreka Snipe. 
Scolopax Limosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 245. — Scolopax Li- 
mosa, and iEgo-cephala, Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 719. — Limosa 
melanura, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. ii. 664. — Limosa melanura, 
Black-tailed Godwit, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, iv. 
GENUS XCIX. PHALAEOPUS. PHALABOPE. 
The only species of this genus known to me is a small 
bird of about the size of the Purple Sandpiper, and which 
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