ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
THE PLOVERS, SNIPES, AND IMMEDIATE ALLIES
Godwits
With a long, slender, very gently recurved bill, which is much longer than the tarsus and entirely smooth and hard at the tip, is a little group of some half a dozen species known as the Godwits (Limosa), which are in some respects related to those last mentioned.
As further distinguishing marks it may be noted that the bill is grooved nearly to the tip, while the gape is relatively slight, in fact not extending beyond the base of the culmen, while the feathers on the side of the bill reach forward to about the same point, or a little farther on the chin.
The tibia is partially bare and the middle or outer toes connected by a membrane for a short distance; the wings are long and pointed, equaling or slightly exceeding the short, even tail. In several the seasonal difference in coloration is considerable; in all the length is between fifteen and twenty inches.
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