BAB-TAILED GODWIT.
LIMOS A LAPPONICA {Linn.).
Scolopax lapponica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 246 (1766).
Limosa rufa et meyeri, Naum. yiii. pp. 446 and 428, xiii.
pp. 246 and 247.
Limosa rufa, Macg. iv. p. 260; Hewitson, ii. p. 343.
Limosa lapponica, Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 494; Dresser, yiii.
p. 203,
Barge-rousse, French ; Ufer-Schnepfe, German; Sarse-
ruelo, Spanish; Tetol, Yalencian.
This bird visits the low-lying coast districts of the
United Kingdom on the double passage in May and
August and is said to remain, occasionally in large
numbers, throughout the winter in certain favourable
localities; on the other hand a few occasionally linger
with us throughout the summer, but the nest of the
Bar-tailed Godwit has not been recorded as even having
been found in any part of the British Islands. The
breeding-haunts of this species in the Old World are
confined to the extreme north-east of Europe and the
north of Asia, but little seems to be known concerning
the bird’s habits in its nesting localities. In the
autumn and winter this Godwit occurs throughout