CURLEW SANDPIPER.— KNOT. 233 



Dunlin, with wliicli they often associate, though still oftener 

 with the Little Stint. They are by no means uncommon, 

 and are found all along the coast. Our rivers being very 

 small, I have never heard of their occurring inland in 

 Sussex. The breeding-place is as yet unknown. 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



Tringa striata. 



The Purple Sandpiper may be met with along the whole 

 coast of Sussex, where it is generally alone, or at most with 

 two or three in company. It prefers the more rocky parts, 

 for example the large masses of chalk fallen from the cliffs 

 between Brighton and Seaford Head, where it may be found 

 all through September, October, and November running 

 about among the sea- weed, or if on the beach, following the 

 receding waves, and often getting buried in the surf, feeding 

 on small crabs and other Crustacea and on the contents of 

 minute bivalves and other shells. It is very tame, and its 

 note, when disturbed, is a soft '' weet, wit " two or three 

 times repeated. It breeds on the whole coast of Norway, 

 the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Nova 

 Zembla. The nest is tolerably compact, deep in the ground, 

 and lined with dead leaves. 



KNOT. 



Tringa canufus. 



The Knot has received its name from the old legend of 

 King Canute, on account of its habit of feeding on the 



