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The Greater American GoDWiT. 
HIS Bird Teem’d to be a good Deal bigger than a Woodcock. Some ofits prin- 
cipal Meafures are as follows; the Bill is full four Inches long, the Wing when 
doled eight Inches and a half, the Leg from the Knee to the Foot near three Inches, 
the middle Toe one Inch three Quarters ; the Legs are bare of Feathers one Inch and 
a half above the Knee. 
The Bill is long, firaight, and pretty (lender; the upper Mandible a little longer 
than the Nether; that Half of its Length next the Head is of a bright Yellow, 
which changes gradually to Dufky, until it becomes Black at the Point. The Nof- 
trils are placed pretty near the Head, and the Eyes more diftant from the Bill than in 
other Birds. It hath a dulky fpotted Line paffing from the Bill through the Eye; 
above the Eye is a white Line; the Sides of the Head beneath the Eyes, and the 
under Part of the Head are White. The Top of the Head, Hinder-part of the 
Neck, Back, and Covert-Feathers of the Wings are of a dark-brown Colour, with 
tranfverfe black Lines, mixed in a broken and confufed Manner ; the Rump and 
upper Side of the Tail are lighter and of a brighter Brown, barred acrofs with 
Black; the greater Quills of the Wings are dark Brown or Black; thofe next 
them, and their particular Coverts, are Orange-Colour, powder’d with fmall black 
Spots; the Remainder of the Quills that fall next the Rump are Brown and Black 
like the Back of the Bird. The Covert-Feathers on the Ridge of the Wing, that 
fall over the prime Quills, are Dufky with white Tips : The inner Coverts of the 
Wings are Orange-Colour. The Fore-part of the Neck is light Brown, with fmall 
black Spots tending downwards; the Bread is alfo light Brown, with fine dufky 
tranfverfe Lines; the Belly, Thighs, and Coverts under the Tail are of a brownifli 
White; the Sides under the Wings whitifh, with fine tranfverfe dufky Lines; the 
Coverts beneath the Tail have alfo line tranfverfe dufky Lines. The Legs are bare 
of Feathers a good Way above the Knees, the outer Toe is joined to the middle one 
by a Membrane ; the Legs and Feet are all cover’d with Scales of a dufky or black 
Colour. 
This Bird was brought from Hud ford s-Bay by Mr. IJham. It is bigger than any 
Bird defcribed under this Name by Mr. Willughby , and differs much in Defcrip- 
tion, fo that it may be deemed a Non-defcript. It is called by the Englijh at 
Hudfon's-Bay a Curlew. See Willughby ’s Defcriptions of this Tribe of Birds, in his 
fOrnithology , P. 292, 293. 
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