TRINGA 775 



Frequents the sea shore, sandy places, mud-flats, &c., 

 together with other Sandpipers, often in large flocks, and in 

 general habits is very similar to the Dunlin, but its call-note 

 differs. It is only recently that its nest and eggs have been 

 known, Mr. H. L. Popham having found it breeding at the 

 mouth of the Yenesei River in Northern Siberia. The nest 

 was a rather deep hollow in the reindeer moss on a low ridge 

 of ground, somewhat drier than the surrounding swampy 

 tundra, and contained 4 eggs, which resemble those of Gallinago 

 ccelestis except in size, as they measure only T47 to 1*40 by 

 1-02 to 1. 



'1073. KNOT. 

 TRINGA CANUTUS. 



Tringa canutus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 251 (1766) ; Gould, B. of E. iv. 

 pi. 324 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 65 ; Dresser, viii. p. 77, pis. 555, 

 556 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 469 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. 

 p. 333 j Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 593 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. O. 

 p. 894 ; Ridgway, p. 153 ; Saunders, p. 595 ; Lilford, v. p. 95, 

 pis. 40, 41 ; T. islandica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. add. (1767) ; 

 Naum. vii. p. 372, Taf. 183. 



Jjdcasseau maub&che, French ; Churra, Span. ; Piovanello mag- 

 giore, Ital. ; Rostrother Strandlaufer, German ; Kanoet-Strand- 

 looper, Dutch ; Randbrystingr, Icel. ; Islandsk-Ryle, Dan. ; Stor- 

 Strandmbe, Norweg.; lustsnappa,Swed.'j Ranta-sirridinen.Yum. 



$ ad. (Spain). Crown, nape, and hind neck light rust-red and white 

 striped with black ; upper parts black, strongly marked with rufous and 

 with white edges ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, barred with black 

 and tinged with rufous ; primaries blackish, secondaries and wing-coverts 

 dark grey, most tipped with white ; tail grey, narrowly margined with 

 white ; throat, neck, and under parts rust-red, middle of abdomen and 

 tail-coverts white, the latter with narrow black stripes ; bill and legs 

 blackish ; iris dark brown. Culmen 1*5, wing 6 '7, tail 2 '6, tarsus 1*25 inch. 

 Sexes alike. In winter there is no red in the plumage, the upper parts 

 being greyish ash, with faint dark stripes ; under parts white, the throat, 

 sides of neck, breast, and flanks slightly striped and marked with dull 

 ashy grey. 



Hal. The extreme north of the Old World in summer, passing 

 through Europe to South Africa, Asia to Australia, and North 

 America to Brazil for the winter; Japan, but not found in 

 India in winter. 



Is usually met with in small flocks on our coasts, where it 

 frequents the sea shore, mud-flats, and sand-banks, feeding 



