314 CHARADRITDAL 
with light yellow-buff; throat and front of the neck also 
show a buff ground-colour, streaked with greyish-brown ; 
chin, whitish; tail and primaries resemble those of the 
adult. 
Brak. Black ; straight. 
Freer. Dull olive-green. 
IrtpEs. Blackish-brown. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL GHNGIE see — pee) in. 
WING va ue se Sek pO oes 
BEAK Ba Me Pee coe fee 
T'ARSO-METATARSUS L225 
Hee 175K Wee 
Allied Species and Representative Forms. —T. crassi- 
rostris, which has a black breast and abdomen in the nuptial 
plumage, is the Eastern representative and is found in 
Arctic Siberia; this bird migrates across the Asiatic Conti- 
nent to India and other parts of Southern Asia in winter, 
where it meets our own species. 
Note.—I have known several Knots to live very well in 
captivity in company with other shore-birds. They can 
accustom themselves to eat chopped meat, softened grain 
and morsels of vegetable matter. 
SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria (Linneus). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, 
pl. 66; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. viii, pls. 559, 
560; Lilford, ‘ Coloured Figures,’ vol. v, pl. 42. 
This pretty little shore-bird is tolerably common on our 
sandy coasts, being absent only for a short time in summer 
during the breeding-season. The migratory move begins 
early in August,’ or even at the latter end of July, but the 
' As early as August 5th, I have seen for many successive seasons,, 
flocks of Sanderlings on the Dublin coast, numbering upwards of one 
hundred birds. Many which I examined in the flesh, were mature, 
though it is not likely that they had returned from breeding. These 
