Genus TRINGA Lixx^us. 



Subgenus TRINGA. 

 TRINGA CANUTUS Linn. 



96. Knot. (234) 



Bill, equalling or rathef exceeding the head, comparatively stout. Adult in 

 summer: — Above, brownish-black, each feather tipped with ashy-white, and 

 tinged with reddish on scapulars ; below, uniform brownish-red, much as in the 

 robin, fading into white on the flanks and crissum; upper tail coverts white 

 with dusky bars, tail feathers and secondaries grayish-ash with white edges; 

 quills, blackish ; gray on the iiinei' webs and with white shafts ; bill and feet, 

 blackish. Young: — Above, clear ash, with numerovis black and white semi- 

 circles ; below white, more or less tinged with reddish, dusky speckled on 

 breast, wavy barred on sides. Length, 10-11; wing, 6-6i ; tail, 2g, nearly 

 square; bill about Ig (very variable). 



Hab. — Neai'ly cosmopolitan. Breeds in high northern latitudes, but visits 

 the southern hemisphere during its migration. 



Nest, a depression in the sand. 



Eggs, light pea-green. 



This is the largest and handsomest of the Sandpipers, and though 

 common along the sea coast, it is only an occasional visitor inland. 

 The specimen in my collection I killed many years ago on the muddy 



