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on the throat, neck and upper breast with greyish brown. 

 Summer phimage, upper parts black mottled with rich chest- 

 nut and dull white ; lower parts vinous chestnut, with the excep- 

 tion of a shght barring of grey and brown on the abdomen and 

 flanks. In summer the upper tail coverts are white with bars 

 of black and tinged with buff ; bill, about 1 J inches, noticeably 

 decurved. Young birds resemble adults in winter, but have the 

 feathers of the upper parts edged with yellowish white ; rump 

 white. 



385. Knot. Tringa canutus Linnaeus. 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



Of rare occurrence, but it has been met with near Suez, 

 in the Faiyum, near Bilbeis, and probably in the Wadi Natrun. 



Length about 10 inches. In winter the upper parts are 

 ashy grey ; lower parts white, finely spotted with black on the 

 neck and upper breast. In summer the upper parts are black 

 mottled with rich chestnut grey and whitish ; lower parts 

 rich brick red. This bird is of heavier build and has a much 

 shorter bill than the curlew sandpiper. The bill is, moreover, 

 straight. Young birds of the year are grey brown above with 

 buff edges to the feathers, and the white under parts are 

 washed with yellowish buff, sometimes golden buff. 



386. Sanderling. Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus). 



Tringa arenaria. Shelley, p. 253. 



Not uncommon on the sea coast during the autumn migra- 

 tion, when the earliest arrivals have still most of their breeding 

 plumage. 



Length about 8 inches. Winter plumage, upper parts 

 pale grey ; under parts pure white. Summer plumage, upper 

 parts black variegated with chestnut, grey and white ; under 

 parts white, the throat faintly streaked with black and washed 

 with rufous. Sexes alike. Young birds have the upper parts 

 black, the feathers edged with yellowish buff, the rmder parts 

 white, slightly washed on the throat and breast with pale sulphur. 



387. Terek Sandpiper. Terekia cinerea (Guldenstadt). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



On October 15, 1917, I saw a single example of this sand- 

 piper at close quarters near Bughaz, Rosetta. 



