BNIPtt, -vMU'il-Ki;-. i 157 



ground, flying only as a last resort, ami then darting swiftly away 

 with a *tmr|> tuvet, 



234. Trinffa canutua /.</.. KNOT; H..BIN Kxtrt; GRAY Svira. 

 (8e Figm.85,6, :M,A.) Ad. I'M iumm,r. L|>JKT |mrt* bamx! and lreaked with 

 black nii-l wJiitr an>t rufouit; tail ashy gray, narrowly mitr^im-d with whitinh ; 

 un.l. r purt* ilull rutou* ; lower U-llv white r whitih, .iidc.- sometime* with 

 black ban*. i According t (icorgc 11. Mm-kiiy.it requires alxtut four year* 



fer btafa to ofrirt ttts ptaoMf* Sec Auk, x, i *'.'.;. p. -'.'-.> ////. rp|erpart 



plain brownish gray ; upper tail coverts Imrml with black and white, tail 

 l.r.'wni.nli irruy ; bn-aitt mul oi.lc.s l.urn-.l with Muck, In-lly whit-. Young. 

 Upper part* pale browniih gray; hru.l Mn-uki><l with blut-kinh; back, wing- 

 -, and scapulars with diAtim-t Muck uml white lenient; up|wr tail-cov- 

 frt* barred with black'mh : tail ahy j^ruy, nurn)wly niaiyincd with white; 

 un.l. r purls white; bread finely i>trcakc<l <>r >|'tt.-.l with Mu.-ki-li ; flank* 

 barred or ittreaked with blackinh. I.., lo-.Vt; \V., tj-vri; Tar., 1-jo; B., 1-80. 



Hniujt. N'irthcrii huinisplii-rc. bn-eilint; within the Arctic circle, and in 

 America wintering fn>in FlorUla t South America. 



Long Inland, not unconiinon T. V., May 1.'. to June 10; July 15 to Nov. 



i'ygi, known from only one spuciiiu-n collected in the vicinity of Fort 

 Conger by General (Jreely, mul dccrit>cd :L-* light |x'u-ifreen. ckwely K|K>ttxi 

 with brown in small 8|>eck8 about the size of a pinhcud," I'll) x 1-00 (see 

 Merriain, Auk, ii, 1885, p. 813). 



Knots feed along the beaches on the small crustaceans and raol- 

 lusca brought in by the wares, and they also frequent muddy places, 

 where, like the tme Snipe, they probe the ground for THM!. They 

 decoy with ease, "bunching" so dost-Iy ns they wheel into the stools 

 that the entire flock is sometimes killed by a sinplo disrhnrtfe. Mr. 

 George IT. Mackay. in one of his careful and detailed studies of our 

 Shoie Birds. deseriU-s their notes as a soft irnh-i/noif anil a little hunk. 

 The first is particularly noticeable when flocks are coming to the de- 

 coys (see Auk, x, 1803, pp. 25-85). 



286. Tringa maritima /?////<. l'i i:\-\t. <\SI>IMI-KII. .(/. /';/ unn- 

 mtr. Upper partu black, niargine<l with <>chrn ...... M Imt! uinl i-ri-ani-butf; 



winipi fiwooiw-gray, irreuti-r covi-rts inuri;ined \vitli white ntid some *econla- 

 rit entirely white; upper tail-coverta fvcou, outer tail f.-athers anhy gray. 

 inn. r one* fUMOw; throat and breast brownish irniy. stn-iiked with black; 

 belly white, Hides and under tail -coverts -treukcd with lin>wnish trniy. \\'in- 

 t-r plumage. Head. ne-k. l>reiu>t, and sides anhy. the two latter margined 

 with white; back funcou*. marginal with ashy: winirn funcous, the covrrtw. 

 :m<l tcrtiaU distinctly bonlere<l with white; upj>er tnil -coverts 

 and middle tail-feather* black or fuscon*, outer tnil-fcnthcr* ahy; l>clly and 

 lininirof the wings white. I... '.'.-. : \V.. .Voo : Tar. '.<", 15.. 1'4<X 



Ktmarh. The brownwh gray or ashy breant of thi ]., -io* Is a good 

 distinguish inu character. 



Jtanyt. * Northern portions of the northern hemisphere ; in North Amer- 



