Yarwhip, 
YAFFLER. — A name for the Poppinjay. 
YARDKEEP, and YARWIP. — Names for the Yarwhip. 
YARWHIP {Limosa mifa, Brisson.) 
Limosa grisea major, Bn>s. 5. p. 272. — Scolopax Lapponica, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 
246. 15. — GmeL. Syst. 2. p. 667. — Lath. Ind. Oin. 2. p. 718. 15. — Scolopax 
Belgica, GmeL. Syst. p. 663 Limosa lufa, Briss. 5. p. 281. 5. t. 25. f. 1. — Ih. 
8vo. 2. p. 281. — Tenirn. Man. d’Orn. 2. 668. — La Barge rousse, Buf^'. Ois. 7. 
p. 504. — Red Godwit, Br. Zool. 2. No. 181. t. 67. — II). fol, tab. add. — Arct. 
Zpol. 2. No. 372. — Edw. t. 138. — Lath, Syn. 5. p. 142. 13. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, 
4. t. 160. — Putt. Cat. Dorset, p. 14. — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 140. — Red Breasted 
Snipe, Mont. Orn. Diet. — Bar-tailed Godwit, Flem. Br. Anim. p. 107. — Small 
Curlew, or Red-breasted Godwit, Linn. Trans. 1. p. 128. 
Provincial . — Stone Plover. Yardkeep. Poor Wren. 
This species is generally rather larger than the common godwit ; 
weight about twelve ounces ; length eighteen inches ; the bill is 
full three inches and a half long, a trifle reflected ; slender ; dusky 
towards the point ; the base yellowish flesh-colour ; irides hazel ; the 
head, neck, breast, back, and the top of the head, are streaked with 
dusky ; the back and scapulars marked with large black spots or bars ; 
from the bill to the eye a light coloured streak ; the belly and under 
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