CHARADRIID.E 



with light yellow-buff ; throat and front of the neck also 

 show a buff ground-colour, streaked with greyish-brown ; 

 chin, whitish ; tail and primaries resemble those of the 

 adult. 



BEAK. Black ; straight. 



FEET. Dull olive-green. 



IRIDES. Blackish-brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 10 in. 



WING v. ... 6'5 ,, 



BEAK 1'25 



TAKSOMETATABSUS ... ... 1'25 ,, 



EGG 1-75 x 1-2 in. 



Allied Species and Representative Forms. T. crassi- 

 rostris, which has a black breast and abdomen in the nuptial 

 plumage, is the Eastern representative and is found in 

 Arctic Siberia ; this bird migrates across the Asiatic Conti- 

 nent to India and other parts of Southern Asia in winter, 

 where it meets our own species. 



Note. I have known several Knots to live very well in 

 captivity in company with other shore-birds. They can 

 accustom themselves to eat chopped meat, softened grain 

 and morsels of vegetable matter. 



SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus). 



Coloured Figures. Gould, ' Birds of Great Britain,' vol. iv, 

 pi. 66; Dresser, 'Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pis. 559, 

 560 ; Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. v, pi. 42. 



This pretty little shore-bird is tolerably common on our 

 sandy coasts, being absent only for a short time in summer 

 during the breeding-season. The migratory move begins 

 early in August, 1 or even at the latter end of July, but the 



1 As early as August 5th, I have seen for many successive seasons, 

 flocks of Sanderlings on the Dublin coast, numbering upwards of one 

 hundred birds. Many which I examined in the flesh, were mature, 

 though it is not likely that they had returned from breeding. These 



