G THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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| fwiftnels, | | hae Sac tor 
4 Godwits ate another fpecies of the Scolopax. 
Their bodies are in the fame form as that of 
. the Woodcock, but their legs are longer, aid the 
bill is of a greater length, although nearly of the 
fame fort: it is ftraight, or flightly bending: up- 
wards, the point is blunt: they live upon worms, 
_ which they take out of the mud. © Their voice is 
very uncommon, a little like-the cry of a goat, 
‘partly ftifled. Godwits are: very reftlefs, and 
rife when the fowler is ata ceils ae {cream 
through fear. igure 
They are feen in numbers in ‘falt siisliad Cem 
nerally near the fea-fhore. » They make their ap- 
pearance here and in France about the month of — 
September ; they may be feen in flocks, very high 
in the air, by moon-light ; and they make.a noife 
as they pafs along. | : 
‘They alight fometimes in enasilacs and. are fa 
tired that they. do not like to begin to fly, againg © 
- they take to their wings with fome difficulty,’ but 
they run very faft like Partridges, yet the’ fowler 
overtakes them, and drives fo many tagpilty that 
he kills feveral with one fhot. e 
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% ; | 10 Godwits 
