. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ls. It is an excellent bird forthe table. LIMICOLM. (257) SCOLOPACIDyE. THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. Limosa cegocephala. The Godwits running by ifie waters edge. Jean Ingelow. Like the Euff, the Black-tailed Godwit was in former timesplentiful in the fen districts of England, where it bred; butit is now known there only as a migrant in spring, whilepassing to its breeding grounds in the north of Europe, andin autumn on it
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ls. It is an excellent bird forthe table. LIMICOLM. (257) SCOLOPACIDyE. THE BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. Limosa cegocephala. The Godwits running by ifie waters edge. Jean Ingelow. Like the Euff, the Black-tailed Godwit was in former timesplentiful in the fen districts of England, where it bred; butit is now known there only as a migrant in spring, whilepassing to its breeding grounds in the north of Europe, andin autumn on its return southwards. It is very rarely seenin Berwickshire, the only instance of its occurrence in thecounty known to me being that of a specimen which was shotat Dowlaw, near East Castle, by Mr. William Cowe about1864, and which is preserved in the collection of Mr. PeterCowe, Lochton. The Godwit was accounted a great daintyfor the table, and birds fattened on bread and milk were,in the time of Pennant, sold for 5 s. each. It is classedalong with the Ortolan by Cowley in the following lines:— Nor Ortolans, nor Godwits, nor the restOf costly names that glorifie a VOL. II. LIMICOL^. ( 258 ) SCOLOPACIDAl. THE COMMON CURLEW. WHAUP, WHAAP, STOCK WHAAP, WHITTERICK. Numenius arquata. Wild as the scream of the Curlew,From crag to crag the signal Jlew. Scott, Lady of the Lake. Ye Curlews calling thro a clud. Burns, Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson. The Curlew is usually associated in our minds with theheaths and mosses of the Lammermuirs/ where from springto autumn it may be seen Hying in wide circles round themoors uttering its well-known call. Although the peculiarcry from which the bird derives its English name has aneerie and melancholy sound to some ears, yet to others itis very pleasing.^ The late Mr. Hewitson says: I havenever traversed the lone wild heath, deserted, except by thefeathered race, and at a moment in which I have felt the 1 It is plentiful on Coldinghan
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