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of the Knot, but it is said generally to deposit its 
egos on a bare tuft of withered grass. * 
The winter plumage of the Knot is as follows :— 
The beak is black; irides hazel; from the beak to 
the eye darkish ash,—over this and over the eye 
there is a light streak ; the head, neck, back, scapu- 
lars and tertials ash-grey, some of the feathers 
slightly margined with white; the rump and tail- 
coverts are white, marked with streaks of black 
following the shape of the feather; the wing-coverts 
are ash-grey, each feather narrowly margined with 
white; the primary quills are black, with white 
shafts; the tail-feathers ash-grey, very narrowly 
margined with white ; the chin white; the sides and 
front of the neck white, streaked with dusky ; 
breast white, with circular black marks towards the 
ends of the feathers; flanks the same, but the black 
markings are more pointed and irregular; belly and 
under tail-coverts white ; legs, toes and claws nearly 
black. This is the description of one in my collec- 
tion, which was shot at Burnham in January. 
The summer plumage differs much in the same 
manner as in the last-mentioned species. The fore- 
head, top of the head and back of the neck are 
reddish brown, streaked with dark brown; back, 
scapulars, small wing-coverts and tertials black, 
* Yarrell, vol. iii, p. 56; Meyer's ‘ British Birds,’ 
vol. v. p. 68. 
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