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SCOLOPACID.E-TIIK f^.N'Il'K l"AMII-Y - THINOA. 211 



Tringa canutus. 



THE KNOT lANDPIPEIl. 



Tringit canuliu, Linn. S. N. nl. lo, 17:.8, Hi); d IJ, 17tl«, 261. — Cahh. in Biiinl'K U. N. Am. 



IS-OS, 71.'). — U.viitn, lilt. N. Am. l\. IH.V.i, hd. Oiitl. — CofKs, Kry, 1872, S-'jO ; (.'luck l.iM, l«7:t, 



no. 120 ; I'll. 2, 1^82, no. ti2ti ; Ilii.U N. W. Is7», JliO. — IliDuw. .N'om. N. Am. II. 1881, 620. 

 fW/ij/d ciiinvo, niiiJN.N. Oiii. Bor. 17tl», 53. — (ijiKl,. H. N. 1. 1788, (173. — Wilno.v, Am. Kin. VII. 



18i;i, mi, pi. :,7, li«. 2. — Sw. & lli< ii. v. n. a. II. ISHl, ;I8;. — Nnr. .Man. II. 1834, 125. 

 TniKjii hhiiutioi, (iMi:i„ .H. N. I. 178H, 082. — Auu. Oni. Uiog. IV. 1838, 130, |il. 315 j Synoi., 1830. 



2:12 ; H. .\m. V. 1812, 25», j.!. 1128. 

 Triiiija Hirviii, (i.Mi.i,. S. N. I. 1788, 081. 

 Tringa grmn, (iMKI,. I. c. 

 ? Triiigu iiun/ni/h, (i.\iKi,. t. i'. 070. 

 ? Tiiiiga firriKjittiii, Iliti'NN. Orii. Ilnr. 1704, 63. 

 Tringit rnfn, Wir.so.v, Am. Oni. VU. 1813, 43, pi. 57, fig. 6. 

 Tringa calidri.i, l,is\. 8. N. I. 1700, 253. 

 " Tringa. u/opiinsin, Ml'i.l.KU." 

 " Tringa lornalina, I.iciir." 



Hah. Cliu'ljy nortliuni iiortion (it'tli« novlliiTu lifniisiilicic, Imt (iciu^ioniilly visitiu},' the soiith- 

 iiii lieini.spherc during' winlcr luiyriilinns ; chiully litlunil, Ijiit occmiiii^,' also on the liiigur inland 

 waters. Urazil ; Australia ; Nuw Zcnlaml. 



Sp. C'hah. Lari,'L'8t of Airifriciin San(l[)ipiMs (Tringir). Bill wtrai(,'ht, rather longer than the 

 head, widened terminally, sliglitly compressed ha-sally ; tartniH about eiiuul to the bill, or a little 



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Summer plumage. 



longer ; middle toe about two thirds the tarsus ; toes flattened beneath, with a rather wide lateral 

 margin ; lower third of the tibia bare, but the tips of the feathers reaching to the joint. Wings 

 long and pointed, extending beyond the tail, which is short, and slightly graduated. Adult in 



Winter plumage. 



summer: Above, mixed black, light gray, and pale nisty, these colors varying in relative extent 

 with the individual, but the grayish usually prevailing ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with 



