« I O S A : l O M r a ^ p M U L S s Gm&U
LfMOS^A UR 0 P Y G 1ALIS, Gouid.
B a r r e d - r u m p e d G o d w i t .
Limosa uropygialis, Gould in Proc. of Zp^^p9g»| February 22, 1848.
I :8Ajy this species ijÉsljS'gS?^ abundance, i n^ onip an^ ^K Curlews, Ojst.er-catehers and Sandpipers, at
Piteatoffiin \ iti'ü iu n in‘ - l.md u H n t]iwe\l,iu-^vg flats left barenh.Jji,tbe receding tid e ; I also
uhsi rvi ib it u'n tin sandï flat, m bp<un.i <$> <TiilT andToii'riie sand-banks at th^njpnthrf the river Hunter in
|jlsw South Wales, and in ally probabilityit is dispersed over the whole of the Australian coasts
®i\l!S>tbir irjsr trn e of the law" o f representation, so’frequently spoken g g m t h f course of the present work,
'ia-ber&most conspicuously shgsyp'to. a;épiunion observer this bird’wppj^be considered identical with the
Eais-tailedGodwit (Limosa rufii) of Europe; buyon comparing the two birds. 'he will find that the Australian
at all times the lower part o f the rump 'trongly b um ffiln h tawai, while the same parts in thé Limmtt
rufa, when in ate .»nmv-wbiü'.j economy of the two birds
are i - ' B ïê p j# y similar' that I was unship to detfêtyany difference; various kinds o^mmine< insects and
small-shelled mollusks are its principal food.
I have nef,er ygt seen a speramenjxfjthk b i r d , in 'a n p i t e livery thapjt|g one represented in the accom-
nanying P la te ; Mr. however, informs mej S pRg.of the specimens^ent home by him from
Australia was cXoth.edlnajjfous dress very similar to '% ,®mme r plugagiT o f the European species.
-■ T u l the uppej auffjjee: brownish grey, ^ *n in g> d a r k ^ ^ r o p n the- ^ n y e ^ J n c g l y white on the edges
o f the feathers; primaries toowo with white shafts; rump M& upper tail-coverts'conspicuously harred with
teown and white; tail- alternately h a r r^ w ith brown ’ a id 5§J$Se; th p a t and:-abdomen white; neck and
breast brownish grevip^o$§|wrag-coverts and flanks barred witdiibp^jy and-wllitt1. ; ^^11 w^'te at T,^ie ^>ilse‘
becoming brown at the tip ; irides dark brown; legs-brownish blagk.
H ytmftiful State % feathers of the hack aré ó f® much the tertiaries are
cuously-taothed with white on their margins.
The figure is o f the size of life.
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