Knot 



Greenland, and in winter it is found down both sides of the 

 Atlantic. 



In its food and habits it does not differ from its congeners, 

 with whom it may often be found associating. 



In winter the adult is grey on the upper parts and white 

 below, with a few greyish flecks or bars on the upper 

 breast. The young bird is browner, with light margins to 

 the feathers of the back, the breast pale buff pink, with a 

 few grey flecks. In nuptial plumage the head and neck 

 are reddish brown, streaked with black ; upper parts black, 

 the feathers having marginal spots of chestnut and white 

 tips ; under parts chestnut, spotted with black ; vent and 

 flanks whitish, mottled with black. Length 10 in.; bill 

 1*5 in. ; wing 6*5 in. 



THE SANDERLING 



Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus) 



From its habit of frequenting sandy stretches along our 

 shores, and less frequently near inland lakes, this species has 

 gained its trivial name. To this country it is only a 

 migrant, young birds arriving from their northerly breeding- 

 grounds as early as the middle of August; the old birds 

 follow a week or so later, many of them still retaining 

 traces of the nuptial plumage. They stay with us only a 

 short time, and early in October the majority have left us 

 to winter on the shores of the Mediterranean, very few 

 remaining behind. In May the return migration commences, 



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