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GODWIT. 
The Godwit abides and seeks for his food 
on sandy shores, where he dexterously ex- 
tracts, with his slender beuk, the worm that 
imprudently appears as soon as the tide has 
retired. A peculiarity belonging to this bird 
is.the shape of his bill, which is a little turned 
upwards. The head, neck, and back, are 
ol a reddish brown I the belly white ; and 
tlie legs black. As these birds are usually 
employed in running rather than in flying, 
end as their food lies entirely upon the 
ground, so they run with great swiftness for 
their size, and the length of their legs assists 
Uleir Velocity. But as, in seeking their food, 
“ley are often obliged to change their station, 
, also are they equally swift of wing, and 
“averse immense tracts of country with little 
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