HUDSONIAN GOD WIT. 
“ In spring plumage the Hudsonian Godwit can be recognised easily 
at almost any distance by the rich brown under-parts, almost black upper- 
parts, white rump, and black tail; at a long distance it looks very black. On 
the wing in all plumages the white rump and black tail are conspicuous and 
the wings are diagnostic ; the axillaries are jet-black and the linin g of the wing 
is black ; the wings are nearly black with a small central white patch. 
“In the fall they gather in flocks on the western shores of Hudson Bay, 
preparing for their eastward migration to the Atlantic coast. 
“ Their winter home is in extreme southern South America. 
“ The only eggs of this species that have been collected were taken at 
Mackenzie Bay and on the Anderson River, Mackenzie ; the eight records 
being June 9th to 30th.” (Bent.) 
