BRITISH BIRDS, IS 
THE CINEREOUS GODWIT, 
( Scolopax Canescens , — Montagu.) 
This bird is described at the proper place in the 
second volume of the History of British Birds. The 
figure has been drawn since, from a stuffed specimen, 
shot at Prestwick Car, near Newcastle, in the breed- 
ing season, and on comparing it with another bird, 
newly killed, at Otterburn, Northumberland, in Sep- 
tember, 1821, it was evidently the same species; the 
difference consisted in the latter being somewhat larger. 
It weighed five ounces and three quarters; length four- 
teen inches and a half ; and to the end of the toes six- 
teen inches and five-eighths ; breadth twenty-four 
inches and a half. The plumage on the upper parts 
were also darker than in the former specimen. In 
both, the back, breast, belly, and vent, were pure 
white ; the tails were also white, but partly tinged with 
yellow, and barred with brownish wavy lines. The 
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