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CHARADRIIFORMES 
A very conspicuous prairie bird. One cannot come within half a mile of 
its nest without both birds hurrying excitedly from afar, scolding and diving 
at the intruder. Their loud, exasperating ‘ ‘ eradica-radica-radica-radica ’ ’ , 
varied with “ Your-cra zy-crazy-crazy” , and confirmed by vociferous “korect- 
korect ” sets all the prairie on the alert. The God wit often becomes a 
decided nuisance to the ornithologist who is quietly stalking other and 
shyer species and finds his efforts fail through the senseless alarm of this 
meddler. However, it is only on such special occasions that we are 
aggrieved. At other times we feel only impatience at the heedless busy- 
bodies that rush into unnecessary danger and advertise what they should 
most artfully conceal. Too often this Godwit suffers from its lack of self 
control, for it offers a most tempting shot to the pot-hunter; an opportunity 
that is taken advantage of often enough to threaten the existence of the 
species. 
250. Bar- tailed Godwit. la barge a queue barker. Limosa laponica. L, 15. 
Like the Hudsonian Godwit in general, but the uppertail-co verts decidedly streaked or 
barred with blackish, and axillars not solid black. 
Distinctions. Large size and up-turned bill as a godwit. Mottled axillars and rum]) 
from the Hudsonian Godwit, and strongly marked blackish and white axillars and lack of 
general pinkish buff in body colour and under wings from the Marbled Godwit. 
Distribution. Northern Europe and Asia to Alaska. There is a single record for near 
Vancouver in 1931. 
SUBSPECIES. This is the Asian and Alaskan forms of the species, the Pacific 
Godwit (la Barge du Paeifique) Limosa lapponica baueri. 
251. Hudsonian Godwit. la barge hudsonienne. Limosa haemaslica. L, 15. 
In spring — upperparts, dark brown to crown, marked with more or less greyish or huffy 
and touches of rusty; underparts, brownish red, more or less barred with dark, and suflfus- 
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Hudsonian Godwit; scale, 
Spring adult 
ing up foreneck. Autumn — upperparts unmarked brownish grey; underparts, buffv 
white or dingy white, breast greyer. 
Distinctions. Distinguished from the curlews by the slightly turned-up instead of 
distinctly turned-down hill; from the Marbled Godwit by the red underparts in spring, 
