BRITISH BIRDSi 
RED GODWIT, 
OR, RED-BREASTED GODWIT. 
[Scolopax Lapponica^ Lin.— 7,^2 Barge Roujfei Buff.) 
This bird exceeds the Common Godwit in fize^ 
and is diftinguifhed from it by the rednefs of its 
plumage ; in other refpeds its general appearance 
and manner of living are nearly the fame. . It mea-^ 
fares eighteen inches in length, and weighs about 
twelve ounces. The bill is nearly four inches long^ 
nightly turned upwards, dark at the tip, and of a 
dull yellowifh red towards the bafe. The predomi- 
nant colour of the head, upper part of the flioul- 
ders, bread and fides, is a bright ferruginous, or 
rufly red \ ftreaked on the head with brown, an4 
