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BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 
naked for the greater part of their length ; outer 
toes connected by a membrane more than half 
the length of the basal joint ; hind-toe articu- 
lated on the tarsus. 
Types, L. mdanura , mfa, &c. 
Note. — Habits maritime, gregarious in winter, 
clamorous in breeding season. Europe, Asia, 
America. 
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 
Limosa mdanura. 
PLATE XIII. 
Scolopax limosa, Linn, (winter plumage.) — L. segocc- 
phula, Linn, (summer plumage.) — Barge a. queue noir, 
Tamil. — Limosa melanura. Leister, Selby, cfc. — Black- 
tailed Godwit, Jadreka Snipe of British authors. 
This handsome species breeds annually in the fenny 
districts of England, and, during winter, is partially 
distributed along the oozy shores of the English 
coast, and those of the south of Scotland ; hut, 
although a frequent, it is by no means an abundant 
species, and, in Ireland, it is “ of occasional occur- 
rence during the autumnal months.”* Out of Bri- 
* Thompson. 
