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throat, neck, and sides indistinctly streaked or washed with gi'ayish. Juv. — Siinihir, but 

 upper|)!irts blackish, margined with ochraceous-butT. L., S.2.5; W., 5.00; Tar., 1.60; H., 1.55. 

 (Chap., Birds of E. N. A^) _ 



Remarks. — The distinguishing characters of this species are the flattened, pitted tip of the 

 bill, in connpction with the very long logs. 



Rtiiiijc. — Breeds in northern Canada, winters in South America. 



Range in North Carolina. — Coastal region during the migrations. 



Our first record for this bird in the State was made by Pearson, who took a speci- 

 men on May 19, 1898, at Cape Hatteras {Auk, Vol. XVI, p. 246). IMcAtee col- 

 lected one on September 6, and four specimens on September 8, 1909, on Currituck 

 Beach, about opposite Church's Island. McAtee also identified eight specimens 

 taken July 29, and another on September 23, 1910, from the same locality, the 

 latter nine being collected by J. B. White. We may regard it as one of our rarer 

 sandpipers. Its movements, when feeding, arc said to be slow for a sandpiper, and 

 at times it v.i\\ squat close to the groimd in an effort to avoid detection. 



Genus Tringa (Linn.) 

 107. Tringa canutus (Linn.). Knot: Robin Snipe. 



Ads. in summer. — L'pperparts barred and streaked with black and wliite and rufous; tail 

 ashy gray, narrowly margined with whitish; undorparts dull rufous; lower belly white or 

 whitish, sides sometimes with black bars. (.See Auk. X, IS'.Y.i, p. 25.) Ads. and Jur. in ufin- 

 ter. — Upporparts plain brownish gray; upper tail-coverts barred with black and wliite, tail 

 brownish gray; breast and sides barred with black, belly white. Jur. — L'pperparts pale bromi- 

 ish gray; head streaked with blackish; back, wing-coverts, and scapulars with distinct black 

 and white borders; upper tail-coverts barred with l)laekish; tail ashy gray, narrowly margined 

 with white; undcrparts white; breast finelv streaked or spotted with blackish; flanks barred 

 or streaked with blackish. L., 10.,50; W., 6;75; Tar., 1.20; B., 1.30. (Chap., liird.'i of E. .V. A.) 



Range. — Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding far northward and wintering far southward. 



Range in North Carolina. — Coastal region during the migration. 



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Fig. 89. Knot. 



The Knot is another well-known beach-bird, the shore-line of the ocean and 

 sounds being its favorite fccding-grotmd. It occurs in greatest abundance in ^lay. 

 From July to September the rcttiniiiig flights from the north again enliven the 

 muddy tide-flats. It decoys well and may often be found associated with other 

 beach-loving species. It has been shot so incessantly that its numbers have been 



