Brown mottled; chin, abdomen white; tail barred brown, white; arched bill 3in.; f., sim. Crabs, shellfish, worms.
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95 Little Whimbrel, Mesoscolopax minutus, E. Sib., Mongolia, Japan to A.
[~95 Numenius minutus.]
Mig. v.r. swamps 12
Upper blackish-brown much marked and spotted buff; under, line past eye buff; arched bill 1.7in. Insects, worms.
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96 Barred-rumped Godwit (Pacific), Kuaka, Limosa, novae-zealandiae (lapponica, Am.O.U.), Alaska, California; E. Sib. to A., T., N.Z., Oceania =vt. Eur. Barred-tailed Godwit.
[~96 Limosa baueri.]
Mig. c. shores 15
Upper brownish-gray marked whitish; rump, tail barred brown, white; abdomen white; legs brownish-black; broad, indistinct whitish eyebrow; bill long, slightly upturned; f., larger. Shellfish, worms, sand-hoppers.
97 Black-tailed Godwit, L. limosa, Br. Eur., N. Afr., India, E. Sib., Japan to A., Greenland (acc.), may be a distinct species than called L. melanuroides.
[~97 L. melanuroides.]