THING A. 141 



Genus TRINGA Linnaeus, 1758. 



Bill straight, oilmen longer than tarsus, the latter exceeding middle 

 toe with claw; wing long and pointed, when folded reaching the tip of 

 tail, the latter nearly square. Pisobia is somewhat similar to this genus 

 but has a much shorter bill and the species are much smaller. 



119. TRINGA CRASSIROSTRIS Temminck and Schlegel. 

 ASIATIC KNOT. 



Tringa crassirostris TEMMIXCK and SCHLEGEL, Fauna Japonica (1847), 107, 

 pi. 64; SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 600; Hand-List 

 (1899), 1, 164'; BLANFORD, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1898), 4, 277; 

 MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List ( 1906 ) , 28. 



Mindanao? (Mearns) ; Negros (Steere, Bourns & Worcester). Eastern Siberia 

 and Japan ; in winter China to Australia and western Indian Peninsula. 



"Adult in winter plumage. Similar to the winter plumage of T. canu- 

 tu-s y being ashy gray above and white below, but easily distinguished by 

 the longer bill and pure white upper tail-coverts; the dusky spots on 

 chest and sides of body smaller and much more distinct. 



"Young. Similar to the adult winter plumage but blacker, with 

 conspicuous white margins to the feathers of the upper surface; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts spotted with black, but not barred with dusky as 

 in T. canutus ; head like the back, black with white edges to the feathers, 

 but scarcely any trace of a white e} r ebrow, the lores and sides of face 

 being thfckly spotted with black; throat white, unspotted; lower throat 

 and fore neck light brown, mottled with black spots; upper breast and 

 sides of body also plentifully spotted with black, the spots on the sides 

 of the body being large and often arrow-shaped; axillars white, with 

 marblings of pale ashy gray. 



"Adult male in breeding plumage. Does not differ from the winter 

 plumage to the same extent as in T. canutus; upper surface only slightly 

 suffused with rufous ; scapulars and inner secondaries more or less bright 

 chestnut with black subterminal bars ; under surface white ; throat thickly 

 streaked and fore neck so closely barred as to become almost black, these 

 black bars extending on to breast and along the sides of body ; the under 

 tail-coverts spotted with black. 'Bill brown ; feet gray ; iris dark brown.' 

 (TaczanowsTci.) Length, 267; culmen, 41; wing, 175; tail, 63; 

 tarsus, 33. . 



"Adult female in breeding plumage. Similar to the male, but with 

 less rufous. Length, 267; culmen, 43; wing, 190; tail, 67; tarsus, 33." 

 (Sharpe.) 



"Coloration in winter. Upper parts light brownish gray, with black 

 shaft-stripes which are broadest on the crown; sides of head and neck 

 whitish, with dark streaks, supercilia and cheeks paler; wing-coverts with 



