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CURLEW-SANDPIPER. 



Tringa subarquata (Giildenstadt). 



An uncommon visitor on passage, having been shot 

 in autumn from the end of August to the beginning 

 of October, and in spring from April to the end of May, 

 by which time the summer plumage has been generally 

 assumed. 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringa striata, Linnaeus. 



The sandy shores of Lancashire are not suitable for 

 this rock-loving species, and although during the winter 

 months it is a regular visitor in small numbers, and has 

 been shot along the whole line of coast, it is one of the 

 rarest of the Sandpipers. It has been killed inland, 

 but very infrequently. 



KNOT. 



Tringa canutus, Linnaeus. 



Local Names — DHiin,Sc]iool-hird (pronounced Scoo-hird). 



The Knot is a well-known spring and autumn migrant, 

 and, especially on Walney Island and round Morecambe 

 Bay, flocks of thousands may be seen at those seasons, 

 as also throughout the winter if the weather be hard. 

 Willughby ("Ornithology," Ray, 1678, p. 302) says, " In 

 the month of February in the year of our Lord 1671, 

 on the coast of Lancashire about Leverpool I observed 



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