THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 65 



KNOT. 

 Tringa canutus, Linn. 



Immature Knots visit our Medway mud flats in 

 very small numbers in the autumn ; half a dozen is 

 the most I have met with at the same time together ; 

 others are driven into our creeks in severe weather. 



LITTLE STINT. 

 Tringa minuta, Leisler. 



The Little Stint is extremely rare as a species on 

 the river Medway. A pair was obtained the i/th 

 day of September, 1881 ; they were shot flying along 

 a ditch on an island marsh, and another pair or two 

 have been shot on the margins of our creeks. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. 

 Tringa Temmincki, Leisl. 



Temminck's Stint has occurred on more than one 

 occasion on our Rainham marsh. I once had the 

 pleasure of shooting the bird, but this was outside 

 my district, on the Isle of Sheppey ; it was flying 

 the opposite side of a wide ditch ; I shouldered my 

 gun thinking to shoot a Dunlin, and on pulling the 

 trigger I observed the bird was smaller. I picked up 

 a Temminck's Stint in winter plumage the 1st 

 November, 1869. 



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