Class II. KNOT. 461 



Wil. orn. 302. IJlanJis Sidlingar-Kall. Nor- 193. Knot, 



Raii fy w* av. 108. <vegis FiaerePift. Fia;r-Kurv, 



Edvj. av. 276. Fiasr-Muus. Bombolmis 



Le Canut. Brijfon a<v. V. Rytteren. 



258. Brunnichy Tringa maritima. 



Tringa canutus. Lin. fyft. 182. 



251. Br. Zool. 123. 

 Faun. Suec. /p. 183. 



^T^HE fpecimens that we had opportunity of ex- 

 "*• amining, differ a little in colors, both from 

 Mr. JVillugbbfs defcription, and from Mr. Ed- 

 wards's figure : the forehead, chin, and lower part Descrip. 

 of the neck in ours were brown, inclining to afh 

 color : the back and fcapulars deep brown, edged 

 with afh color : the coverts of the wings with 

 white, the edges of the lower order deeply fo, form- 

 ing a white bar : the breait, fides, and belly 

 white j the two fir ft ftreaked with brown : the co- 

 verts of the tail marked with white and dufky 

 fpots alternately : the tail afh colored, the outmoft 

 feather on each fide white : the legs were of a blu- 

 ifh greyj and the toes, as a fpecial mark, divid- 

 ed to the very bottom: the weight four ounces 

 and a half. 



Thefe birds, when fattened, are preferred by 

 fome to the ruffs themfelves. They are taken in 

 great numbers on the coafts of Lincolnjhire^ in 

 nets fuch as employed in taking ruffs $ with two or 



three 



