BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 
187 
not more than two inches and a half in length, the base 
pale yellowish red; the streak over the eye, and the head on 
the sides, white, with small pale streaks of brown; on the 
crown, streaked with dark brown; throat, white; breast above, 
grey, tinged with brown, and faintly tinged with a darker 
shade of brown, below white, tinged with yellowish grey; 
back above, brown, the feathers deeply margined and spotted 
with pale ochreous yellow, on the lower part white with a 
few spots of brown. Tail, barred with brown and white; 
upper tail coverts, white, with a few spots of brown. 
