KNOT. 



BED SAKDPIPEK. ASH-COLOUKED SANDPIPEK. 



Tringa Canutus, MONTAGU. 



" Islandtca, PENNANT. 



" cmerea, TEMMINCK. 



Calidris Canutus, FLEMING. 



Tringa ? Canutus Canute. 



THE Knot, according to Camden, derives its specific Latin 

 name from 'King Canutus,' with whom it is reported to have 

 heen a favourite dish; I do not, however, find any reference 

 to the matter in the ballad under the above title in Percy's 

 'Reliques of Ancient British Poetry,' in which, in school days, 

 I used to 'read, and read, and read again' of 'Sir Andrew 

 Barton, Knight,' 'The Nut-browne Maid,' 'The Gaberlunzie 

 Man,' 'Chevy Chase,' 'The Heir of Linne,' 'Fair Kosamond,' 

 'The Sturdy Eock,' 'Brave Lord Willoughby,' 'The Winning 

 of Cales,' 'The Wandering Jew,' 'The Spanish Lady's Love,' 

 'Admiral Hosier's Ghost,' 'The Beggar's Daughter of Bednal 

 Green,' 'Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne,' 'Adam Bell, Clym 

 o' the Clough, and William of Cloudesley,' 'The Child of 

 Elle,' 'King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid,' 'My Mind to 

 Me a Kingdome is,' 'King Lear and his three Daughters,' 

 'The Dragon of Wantley,' 'Gentle River, Gentle River,' etc., 

 etc., etc.; it was then a very scarce book, but a new edition 

 of it has since been published, and some of the poems are 

 very beautiful. 



The Knot advances north to the Arctic regions, and there 

 rears its young. M. Nilsson says that it inhabits in Europe 

 the northerly parts of Sweden and Norway, in summer, and 



