BRITISH BIRDS, 79 
reddifli brown : the legs are in general dark colour- 
ed, inclining to a greenifli blue. 
The Godwit is met with in various parts of Eu- 
rope, Afia, and America : in Great Britain, in the 
fpring and fummer, it refides in the fens and marfli- 
es, where it rears its young, and feeds upon fmall 
worms and infeds. During thefe feafons it only re- 
moves from one marfli to another ; but when the 
winter fets in with feverity, it feeks the fait marflies 
and the fea-fliore. 
The Godwit is much efteemed, by epicures, as a' 
great delicacy, and fells very high. It is caught in 
nets, to which it is allured by a Jiale^ or Huffed 
bird, in the fame manner, and in the fame feafon, 
as the Ruffs and Reeves. 
