94 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. Tringa maritima, Brim. 



Tringa striata, Yarrell, iii. p. 408 ; Dresser, viii. p. 69 ; Ibis 

 List, p. 171; Tringa maritima, Harting, p. 48 ; Seebohm, 

 iii. p. 192. 



The Purple Sandpiper is a winter visitant, and 

 is more frequently met with on the rocky parts of 

 the coast. One in my collection was shot in Kim- 

 meridge Bay in December 1871; another was pro- 

 cured at Lyme Regis in 1881. In Poole harbour 

 a good many were seen in 1886; but Mr. T. M. 

 Pike, who, as a wild-fowl shooter, is so well acquainted 

 with the place, considers this unusual. Several have 

 been shot at Weymouth between the months of 

 August and November (W. Thompson). 



KNOT. Tringa canutus, L. 



Yarrell, iii. p. 413; Harting, p. 48; Dresser, viii. p. 77; 

 Seebohm, iii. p. 174; Ibis List, p. 171; Pulteneys List, 

 P- IS- 



The Knot is a spring and autumn visitant, a few 

 occasionally remaining throughout the winter. Pul- 

 teney refers to one shot in the neighbourhood of 

 Weymouth in the spring of 1795, and thirteen were 

 seen at Verwood, Cranborne, November 10, 1844 

 (W. Thompson) ; two shot at Poole, April 1859, and 

 one in summer plumage, May 1883 (E. Hart) ; two 

 killed near Weymouth, January 4, 1871; two in 

 December of the same year, and two in the County 

 Museum collection were obtained at Preston, Wey- 

 mouth, in May 1867. 



