SCOLOPACID^ — THE SNIPE FAMILY — TRINGA. 



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Tringa canutus. 



THE KNOT SANDPIPER. 



Trinrja canutus, LiNN. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149; ed. 12, 1766, 251. —Cass, iu Baird's B. N. Am. 



1858, 715. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 526. — Coues, Key, 1872, 256 ; Check List, 1873, 



no. 426 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 626 ; Birds X. W. 1874, 490. — EiDGW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, 529. 

 Trhuja cincrca, BrUkn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. — Gjiel. S. N. I. 1788, 673. — Wilson, Am. Oni. VII. 



1813, 36, 1)1. 57, fig. 2. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 387. — Nl'tt. Man. II. 1834, 125. 

 Tringa islandica, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 682. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 130, pi. 315 ; Synop. 1839. 



232 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 254, pi. 328. 

 Tringa ncevia, Gmel. S. K I. 1788, 681. 

 Tringa grisea, Gmel. 1. c. 

 ? Tringa australis, Gmel. t. c. 679. 

 ? Tringa ferruginca, BrI'NN. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 

 Tringa rufa, Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 43, pi. 57, fig. 5. 

 Tringa calidris, Lixx. S. N. I. 1760, 253. 

 " Tringa utopicnsis, MI'LLER." 

 " Tringa lornatina, Light." 



Hab. Chiefly northern, portion of the northern hemisphere, but occasionally visiting the south- 

 ern hemisphere during winter migrations ; chiefly littoral, but occurring also on the larger inland 

 waters. Brazil ; Australia ; New Zealand. 



Sp. Char. Largest of American Sandpipers (Tringce). Bill straight, rather longer than the 

 head, widened terminally, slightly compressed basally ; tarsus about equal to the bill, or a little 



Summer plumage. 



longer ; middle toe about two thirds the tarsus ; toes flattened beneath, with a rather wide lateral 

 margin ; lower thii'd of the tibia bare, but the tips of the feathers reaching to the joint. Wings 

 long and pointed, extending beyond the tail, which is short, and slightly graduated. Adult in 



Winter plumage. 



summer: Above, mixed black, light gray, and pale rusty, these colors A^arying in relative extent 

 with the individual, but the grayish usually prevailing ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with 



