216 CHARADRIIDjE. 



the Onega in Russia, to the valley of the Kolyma, in east 

 Siberia and probably to the Anadyr Peninsula ; on the 

 Yenesei it ranges to 70 N. latitude, southwards it breeds 

 to about 51 N. in the Ural Mountains and central Asia, but 

 has not been found breeding on the shores of the Sea of 

 Okhotsk. In winter it visits the coasts of Africa, ranging 

 south to Damaraland and Natal, southern Asia, and the 

 Malay Archipelago to Australia. 



Genus TRINGrA Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 148. 

 Type : T. canutus Linn. 

 Tringa, the late Latin form of Aristotle's rpuyyas. Derivation unknown. 



Tringa canutus. KNOT. 



Tringa canutus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 149 : 

 Sweden. 



Tringa canutus Linn. ; -B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 171 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 593 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 595. 



Canutus, in honour of King Canute, because the bird was supposed to come 

 from Denmark ; or perhaps from its littoral habits, in allusion to the story of 

 Canute's celebrated reproof to his courtiers. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Winter Visitor 

 and Bird of Passage common on our shores between August 

 and May, except in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, 

 the Hebrides, and western coast of Scotland, and in the 

 west and south of Ireland. A few non-breeding birds oc- 

 casionally remain throughout the summer. 



General Distribution. The Knot breeds in north Green- 

 land, Grinnell Land, and Arctic America to Point Barrow, 

 Alaska ; also in Asia on the New Siberia Islands and on the 

 Taimyr Peninsula, and perhaps in Iceland. In winter it 

 visits south Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, and South 

 America, as far south as Patagonia. 



