. The sportsman's British bird book . few remain for thesummer. It is much more truly a coast-bird than the last species(which favours mud-flats and estuaries rather than beaches) ; and,like the latter, is in the habit of associating with other waders, especi-ally knot and dunlin. From whimbrel it ma\ be distinguished at a RED-BREASTED GODWIT 9^ distance by its two-syllabled cry, uttered in couplets. In otherrespects, and especially in the form of its nest, this godwit closelyresembles the black-tailed species, from which it is distinguished notonly by the more or less complete barring of the
. The sportsman's British bird book . few remain for thesummer. It is much more truly a coast-bird than the last species(which favours mud-flats and estuaries rather than beaches) ; and,like the latter, is in the habit of associating with other waders, especi-ally knot and dunlin. From whimbrel it ma\ be distinguished at a RED-BREASTED GODWIT 9^ distance by its two-syllabled cry, uttered in couplets. In otherrespects, and especially in the form of its nest, this godwit closelyresembles the black-tailed species, from which it is distinguished notonly by the more or less complete barring of the tail-feathers and tail-coverts, but likewise by the shorter legs. The eggs, which are slightlysmaller on the average than those of the last species, are olive or olive-brown in ground-colour, with sparse spots of light brown, which may beaggregated at the larger end, and underlying spots of purplish grey. In the summer-dress of the male bar-tailed godwit the head, neck,and under-parts are rich chestnut-red, with the feathers from the. BAK-TAILKD GODWIT. crown to the breast marked by dark streaks, while the back and wing-coverts are beautifully variegated with white, black, and brown ; thelower part of the back is white streaked with black ; and the uppertail-coverts and tail are white barred with black. In winter the upper-parts are uniform grey and the under-parts white. Young birdsresemble the adults in their summer-dress, but have a tawny tinge,most decidedly marked on the sides of the body, and rufous buffmottlings on the upper-parts. The young in down are unknown. Red-breasted ^^ ^ mere straggler to the British coasts, a verybrief notice will suffice of the red-breasted godwit. Godwit (Maerorhamphus °^ red-breasted snipe, which together with its eastern griseus). relative, the snipe-billed godwit {M. scmipalmatus), represents a genus of godwit-like birds with long snipe-like beaks, broadening out and deeply pitted at the tip. As in 92 PLOVER GROUP the godwits, the summcr-
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