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BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 
COMMON GODWIT. BED GODWIT. HEXEE’s GODWIT. 
GODWXN. GEEX GODWIT. EED-BEEASTED SNIPE. 
Limosa rufa , 
“ gr'isea major , 
Fedoa rufa , 
“ Meyeriy 
“ pectoralis, 
Scolopax leucophcea, 
“ noveboracensis , 
Brisson. 
Brisson. 
Stephens. 
Stephens. 
Stephens. 
Latham. 
Montagu. 
Limosa . Limus —Mud. 
jRw/ix—Red. 
This handsome bird is in Europe found, though rarely, in 
Italy, also in France, Spain, and Switzerland, while migrating, 
and a few breed in Holland and Germany. Mr. Yarrell says, 
‘It visits Finland, and the countries to the eastward, hut is 
very rarely seen on the islands, or on the western shores of 
the Baltic.’ Meyer writes, ‘We are credibly informed by an 
eye-witness, that fi the numbers of this species that visit the 
western coast of Denmark, during the month of May, on 
their passage to the north, are so great that it is impossible 
to give a numerical description of them; the islands between 
the mouth of the Elbe and the western coast of Jutland 
are perfectly covered with them, and at low water the shores 
are covered, in parts, to such an extent that the eye cannot 
compass their lines. On the eastern shores of Denmark it is 
remarkable how few are met with, comparatively speaking.’ 
Linnseus mentions Lapland, and Thieneman Norway, as other 
countries for it. 
In Asia it is found about the Caspian Sea, and in India, 
and the Indian Islands, Java, and Timor. 
In England, it occurs on the Durham and Northumbrian 
