776 T RING A 



on small crustaceans, mollusca, worms, aquatic insects, &c. It 

 is known to breed in Grinnell Land, the Melville Peninsula, 

 and the Parry Islands, and the young in down have been ob- 

 tained, but the only authentic egg known is said to.be a 

 specimen in the Smithsonian Museum at Washington. 



1074. EASTERN KNOT. 

 T RING A CRASSIROSTRIS. 



Tringa crassirostris, Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 107, 

 pi. 64 (1847) ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 468 ; Seebohm, B. 

 Jap. Emp. p. 332 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 600 ; Tacz, 

 F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 894; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 277; 

 Schceniclus magnus, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 33. 



<$ ad. (Kurile Isl.) Head and neck white closely striped with black ; 

 back black very narrowly margined here and there with grey ; scapulars 

 black with broad subterminal chestnut bands ; rump greyish,; tail-coverts 

 white, the upper closely, the under tail-coverts sparingly spotted with 

 black; tail brownish grey ; quills blackish, the inner secondaries and 

 wing-coverts dull ashy with white margins ; breast almost black ; rest of 

 under parts white, the lower breast and upper flanks spotted with black ; 

 bill brown ; legs grey ; iris dark brown. Culmen T9, wing 7'0, tail 2'6, 

 tarsus 1*35 inch. In winter the upper parts are pale brownish grey with 

 whitish margins ; no red in the plumage, tail-coverts sparingly spotted 

 with black; under parts white, the neck striped, the breast and flanks 

 faintly spotted with greyish brown. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, migrating south through Mongolia, 

 Japan, and China to Burma, India, the Malay Archipelago, and 

 Australia for the winter. 



In general habits this species does not appear to differ from 

 the Knot. Its nest and eggs are unknown. 



1075. PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA STRIATA. 



Tringa striata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 248 (1766), id. Add. ; Dresser, 

 viii. p. 69, pi. 554 ; Saunders, p. 593 ; Lilford, v. p. 93, pi. 39 ; 

 Poynting, p. 167, pi. 36; T. maritima, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 678 

 (1788) ; Naum. vii. p. 467, Taf. Ifr 8 ; Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 334 ; 

 (id.), B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 74 ; Hewitf on, ii. p. 366, pi. ciii ; (Sharpe), 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 278 ; Kidgvay, p. 153 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 902. 



