AMERICAN KNOT 145 



Casual records. — The knot has on numerous occasions been detected 

 in the Central or Western States or other points outside of its normal 

 range. Among these are Vera Cruz, Rivera, April 13, 1904; Texas, 

 Corpus Christi, July 1 to 10, 1887; Kansas, Hamilton, September 19, 

 1911, and Lawrence, April 11, 1871; Nebraska, Omaha, September 30, 

 1893, and Lincoln, May 16, 1896, and August 27, 1896 ; Indiana, near 

 Millers, August 24, 1896; Minnesota, Lanesboro, September 7, 1885; 

 and Montana, Lake Bowdoin, October 4, 1915 ; Ohio, Sandusky River, 

 spring of 1894, and Licking Reservoir, May 27, 1878 ; Ontario (occa- 

 sionally common in spring), Point Pelee, September 15, 1906, and 

 May 30, 1907, and Ottawa, June 4, 1890; Michigan, Port Austin, 

 September 4, 1899, Benton Harbor, June 23, 1904, Forestville, June 

 20, 1903, Charity Island, September 1, 1910, and Oak Point, August 

 20-21, 1908; and Alberta, Beaverhill Lake, May 19-23, 1924. 



Egg dates. — Greenland : 3 records, June 22 and 30, and July 9. 

 Victoria Land: 3 records, July 1, 9, and 22. Grinnell Land: 2 rec- 

 ords, June 26 and 27. 



CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS (Horsfield) 

 EASTERN ASIATIC KNOT 



The only North American record for this little known Asiatic 

 species was established by Alfred M. Bailey (1925), when he cap- 

 tured a single specimen in northwestern Alaska on May 28, 1922. 

 He says: 



One specimen of this species, an adult male in light plumage, was taken at 

 Cape Prince of Wales on May 28. At this date the tundra was still covered 

 with snow, but the higher benches of the cape were becoming bare. The 

 first arrivals of many species were just making their appearance, using these 

 high exposed spots as resting places. Among these numerous migrants I 

 took this one straggler. It was so tame I collected it with my .32 aux. 



It is larger than our knot and is also known as the Japanese knot. 

 Seebohm (1888) says: 



It is the only Tringa with white on the upper tail coverts which has a straight 

 bill more than an inch and a half long. In summer plumage it has no chestnut 

 on the under parts, and the chestnut on the upper parts is principally confined 

 to the scapulars. In winter plumage the two knots scarcely differ except in 

 size. It is very closely allied to the common knot. 



The breeding grounds of the Japanese knot are unknown, but Middendorff 

 observed it during the whole summer on the southern shores of the Sea of 

 Okhotsk, though he obtained no evidence of its nesting there. It has occurred 

 on migration in the valley of the Ussuri, on the coasts of Japan and China, 

 and on most of the islands of the Malay Archipelago. It winters on the 

 coast of Australia, has occurred on the Andaman Islands, and in considerable 

 numbers on the coast of Kcinde. 



