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The White-Godwit from Hudfon’s-Bay. 
I ^HIS Bird is of the Size of the Red-breafted Godwit laft defcrib’d, and its 
Meafures agree pretty nearly therewith, except the Bill which is rather longer, 
and turns upward toward its Point, like that of the Avofetta [ Recurvirojla .] See the 
Hindermoft of the two Birds figured in the Plate. 
The Bill is of an Orange-Colour, but Black at the Point j it bends gradually up¬ 
wards like a Scythe, andisjuftly reprefented in the Figure. The Plumage of this 
Bird is White all over, excepting the Tail, the greater Quills, and the fmall Feathers 
on the Ridge of the Wing, which are of a dirty or yellowilh White; the Covert- 
Feathers within Side of the Wings are light-brown; the Legs are bare above the 
Knees j the outer Toe is joined to the middle one $ the Legs, Feet and Claws are all 
of a dark Brown Colour. 
Th is Bird was brought from Hudfon’s-Bay by Mr. JJham. We have in England a 
Bird of this Genus, (perhaps the very fame) with a turn-up Bill j of a brown and black 
Mixture above, and light-colour’d beneath. I take the White Godwit to be changed 
by the Coldnefs of the,. American Winter, and that it returns again in Summer to its 
Brown Colour. 
The White Red-shank or Pool-Snipe. 
H I S is the Bird Handing foremoft in the Plate, and is reduced in Size to the 
fame Proportion with that behind it. The Bill is above two Inches long j the 
Wing when clofed near feven Inches. 
The Bill is Black at the Point, all the reft of it being Orange-colour’d. The Plu¬ 
mage is all White, except a little tranfverfe Mixture of pale Brown or dirty White 
on the Back, Wings and Tail; the greater Quills are of a darker Shade of White 
than the other "Wing Feathers ; the inner Coverts of the Wings have fome faint Spots 
on the White ; the Legs and Feet are of a bright reddifh Orange-Colour; the Legs 
are bare above the Knees j the three forward Toes feem to be all webbed together as 
far as the firft Joint. 
This Bird was brought from Hudfon’s-Bay by Mr. Tfham. I am confident from its 
Shape, Size, Proportions, and its faint Marks, that it can be no other than the Pool- 
Snipe, or Red-jhank , frequently found in our Country, and only changed White by 
the exceflive Cold of the Hudjon’s-Bay Winter. 
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