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COMMON SANDPIPER. Tringoideshypoleucus{Urm.). 

 PI. 20, figs. 2, 2a. Length, 7*5 in. ; bill, 1 in, ; wing, 

 4-25 in. ; tarsus, 0*9 in. 



A summer visitant breeding in the north of 

 England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, in similar 

 haunts to those affected by the Dipper. More 

 rarely the nest has been found in some of the 

 south-western counties of England. 



It seldom remains here throughout the winter, 

 and the following instances recorded by Mr. W. E. 

 Beckwith (ZooL, 1884, p. 73) are worth mentioning. 

 One killed on the Severn, near Leighton, on Nov. 

 27, 1879 ; one seen near Leighton on Dec. 19, 

 1882, and frequently afterwards up to the end of 

 March; one shot near Cound on Dec. 26, 1882; 

 one seen near Leighton on Dec. 8, 1883; and one 

 (probably the same bird) shot there on January 21, 

 1884. One was shot at Glandore, Co. Cork, on 

 Jan. 1.5, 1884 {Zool, 1884, p. 115), by Mr. C. 

 Donovan, who obligingly forwarded the bird for 

 my inspection. 



KNOT. Tringa eanutus, Linnaeus. PI. 21, figs. 1, 2. 

 Length, 10 in. ; bill, 1'2 in. ; wing, 6-5 in. : tarsus, 

 1-1 in. 



A spring and autumn migrant, some remaining 

 in flocks upon the coast throughout the winter. 



The origin of the name " Knot " is uncertain. 

 Camden calls it the bird of Canute, because sup- 

 posed to fly here out of Denmark {Britannia, ed. 



