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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In ornith.:
- An old name
- of the redshank. Totanus calidris;
- of the stone-plover, Œdicnemus crepitans;
- of a barge or godwit, some species of the genus Limosa.
- The specific name of the great North American godwit, Limosa fedoa.
- A generic name of the stone-plovers: same as
- A generic name of the godwits: same as Limosa.
Examples
“Widespread are great blue heron Ardea herodias, great egret Casmerodias albus, marbled godwit Limosa fedoa whimbrel Numenius phaeopus and longbilled curlew N. americanus, royal terns Sterna maximus, and on rocky shores, eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis and belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon.”
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico
“(scolopax rusticola); wood snipe (scolopax fedoa); waterhen (alea arctica? vel fulica ehloropus?) quail”
Internet Archive: Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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