TRINGA. 141 
Genus TRINGA Linneus, 1758. 
Bill straight, culmen longer than tarsus, the latter exceeding middle 
toe with claw; wing long and pointed, when folded reaching the tip of 
tail, the latter nearly square. Pisobia is somewhat similar to this genus 
but has a much shorter bill and the species are much smaller. 
119. TRINGA CRASSIROSTRIS Temminck and Schlegel. 
ASIATIC KNOT, 
Tringa crassirostris TEMMINCK and SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japonica (1847), 107, 
pl. 64; SHarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 600; Hand-List 
(1899), 1, 164; BLANFoRD, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1898), 4, 277; 
McGregor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 28. 
Mindanao? (Mearns) ; Negros (Steere, Bourns & Worcester). Eastern Siberia 
and Japan; in winter China to Australia and western Indian Peninsula. 
“Adult in winter plumage.—Similar to the winter plumage of 7. canu- 
tus, being ashy gray above and white below, but easily distinguished by 
the longer bill and pure white upper tail-coverts; the dusky spots on 
chest and sides of body smaller and much more distinct. 
“Young.—Similar to the adult winter plumage but blacker, with 
conspicuous white margins to the feathers of the upper surface; rump 
and upper tail-coverts spotted with black, but not barred with dusky as 
in 7. canutus; head like the back, black with white edges to the feathers, 
but scarcely any trace of a white eyebrow, the lores and sides of face 
being thickly spotted with black; throat white, unspotted ; lower throat 
and fore neck light brown, mottled with black spots; upper breast and 
sides of body also plentifully spotted with black, the spots on the sides 
of the body being large and often arrow-shaped; axillars white, with 
marblings of pale ashy gray. 
“Adult male in breeding plumage.—Does not differ from the winter 
plumage to the same extent as in 7. canutus; upper surface only slightly 
suffused with rufous; scapulars and inner secondaries more or less bright 
chestnut with black subterminal bars; under surface white; throat thickly 
streaked and fore neck so closely barred as to become almost black, these 
black bars extending on to breast and along the sides of body; the under 
tail-coverts spotted with black. ‘Bill brown; feet gray; iris dark brown.’ 
(Taczanowski.) Length, 267; culmen, 41; wing, 175; tail, 63; 
tarsus, 33. 
“Adult female in breeding plumage.—Similar to the male, but with 
less rufous. Length, 267; culmen, 43; wing, 190; tail, 67; tarsus, 33.” 
( Sharpe.) 
“Coloration in winter—Upper parts light brownish gray, with black 
shaft-stripes which are broadest on the crown; sides of head and neck 
whitish, with dark streaks, supercilia and cheeks paler; wing-coverts with 
