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*Ihe Red-breafted Godwit. 
T HIS Bird is fomething lefs than the lad defcribed. The Bill 
Meafures a little more than three Inches; the Wing when clofed 
is feven Inches and an half long;,' the Leg from the Knee to the Foot 
two Inches and a quarter ; the middle Toe one Inch and half. It feems 
to be full as big or rather bigger than a Woodcock. 
The Bill is long and ffrarght, the No Arils are placed pretty near the 
Head ; the Point of the Bill is Black, then becoming Dusky, the bet¬ 
ter half next the Head is Yellow; from the Bill on each Side pafles afc 
dusky mixed Line through each Eye, and a whitifh Line above each 
Eye; the Sides of the Head and Throat are White, with fome faint 
dusky Spots; the Top of the Head, the Neck all round in its upper 
Part, (but in its lower only behind,) and the Back are covet’d with 
dark Brown Feathers variegated with black dusky Lines; the Rump 
is White, the Tail of a blackifh Brown, the Feathers being tipped with 
whitifh Alh-Colour; the prime Quills of the Wings are blackifh-brown 
with white Shafts; there is a-lfo a little Whitenefs on the Edges of their 
Webs near their Bottoms; the other Quills that fall toward the Back 
are of a reddifh-Brown and Black, interchangeably pectinated into each 
other on their Webs; the Covert-Feathers immediately above the Quills 
are Brown, having White Tips; the leffer Coverts on the out-fides of 
the Wing are light Brown; the inner Coverts are dark Afh or blackifh; 
the fmaller ones near the Ridge are- tipped with White; the lower 
Part of the Neck, the' Bread, and Belly are of a reddifh Orange-Co¬ 
lour, with fmall tranverfe Lines of Black. On the Sides, Thighs and 
Coverts under the Tail, fome light Afh-Colour is intermixed with the 
Orange and Black. The Legs are bare of Feathers above the Knees ; 
the outer and middle Toe are conne&ed by a Membrane a little Way. 
This Tribe of Birds has its Toes pretty broad and flat at their Bottoms, 
the better to Support them from finking in Sand and wet Grounds, fuch 
as: they frequent. The Legs, Feet and Claws are Black. 
This Bird was brought from Hudfon’s-Bay by Mr. Ijham , and differs very greatly 
in Colour from any of this Genus yet defcribed, they all of them having white or 
iight-colour’d under Sides j fo that I think, it may juftly be counted a Non-defcript. 
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