T EREKIA ^ S INEREA .
Terek Godwit.
Scolopm Terelp, 7 24.
----- 1B B S& & Gmel. Lin n ., vol. i. p . 657.
IAmosa remrvirostra, Pall. Zool. Rosso- A s i^ t^ o L “ • p - 181. -
SW> 241.
Limosa
Terek of q 7
Totanus Javanicug, Horsf. Linn.
Xenus cinereus, K ^ u p .^ L ^ o f Birds mfoiit.' J *
I KijAgp a 'pyjl^eiyiiiiple o f t ip s ip e g ,^ o f ^ od p ip e ffiM h e ^M M o k a i i^ e w S ^ i i -W a l e s on the*
g p p jW y ilu l}. 1839, and neither h a v e ^ ^ ^ o ^ & j ^ S ^ s p e c im e n ^ f t ^ l ^ i B d
' 1& f9 y ^ ° -n w*yvv| K s b y , j 1n<y;t was vrajtji difficulty thafcj gc^fe sufficiently,^eae.,*.® shoot it On dissection it-'
proved, W$gS> Mr4 ^ J 1V V * 1 ** ‘ nnifiho11'' rflW* Slgoi extends to India and
Europe, but not^soltoas-i^ yet knownBfriMrica.
' has N s ^ t l s ^ f f i ^ d l i f ^ j ^ c t j i ^ t s ^ b i t s : M. Tenmpnck,states that it occurs accijjderitallyin
Europe, lju ^ in Bpssigv S ife rg , the borders" o f t lg C a ^ p Sea,^ 1. Japan,' Sumatra and Borneo,
and that sp e ( ^ ^ ? § V ! ^ | a R i& 1^ ^ f e y “ ll,'l^ i<^^^ftfe-t& en^ ^ ^ pyiEi|jf-aB ^ ii|^ |f!^ ^ rpii8 of
Paris do ppt present ,the, a t t e s t .differences, ' t b ^ ^ f f la b i f t tb j^ o rd e r s e^ r e r s , has a sonorous-voice,
and feeds on worms, insects a ^ p ^ B s h e lle d mollusks. '’*■*•
The nest according to Pallas is formed o f plants, and the eggs are four in mnriife%J o f a pale olive-yelk^
■ parked with spots of reddish brown;
^ Head’, all the upper surface,,wings and tail pale brown, with a fine line of^^dgrker tint down the centre
o f each feather; shoulders and primaries d a r k 'b r ow n ,^ v ith - t lk s h a f r th fe § y | r a ^ ^ jj jte ; secondaries
^ i t e ; base o|^.t%?bilIiQrange-brown, pssshi^into Bjaekish feown at the tipt ;. iride,8; bla ; legs brownish
orange, the brown tint predominating o^fhe joints. l
The accompanying Plate represents the specimen shot^y^myself in two positions, of the size of life? * >,