SCOLOPACID.E — THE SNIPE FAMILY — TRINGA. 



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Tringa canutus. 



THE KNOT SANDPIPER. 



Tringa canulus, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149; ed. 12, 1766, 251. — Cas.s. iii Baird's B. N. Am. 



IS58, 715. — B.viRD, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 526. — CoUEs, Key, 1872, 256 ; Check List, 1873, 



no. 426 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 626 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 490. — Ridgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, 529. 

 Tringa cinerea, BuiJNN. Orii. Bor. 1764, 53. — Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 073. — Wilson, Am. Urn. VII. 



1813, 36, pi. 57, I'lg. 2. — Sw. & Kicii. F. B. A. II. 1831, 387. — Nutt. Man. 11. 1834, 125. 

 Tringa ishmdica, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 682. — AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 130, [il. 315 ; Syuoi). 1839. 



232 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 254, pi. 328. 

 Tringa ncevia, Gjikl. S. JT. L 1788, 681. 

 Tringa grisea, Gmel. 1. c. 

 ? Tringa aastralis, G.mel. t. c. 679. 

 ? Tringa fcrruyinca, BuUnn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 

 Tringa rufa, Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 43, pi. 57, lig. 5. 

 Tringa calidris, LiN.N. S. N. I. 1766, 253. 

 " Tringa utojncnsis, MI'llek." 

 " Tringa lornalina, LicilT." 



H.vii. Cliiflly nurtberu portLoii ol' tlie norlliern huraisphere, but oci'asioually visitinj,' the south- 

 ern hemisphere during winter migrations ; chiefly littoral, but occurring also on the larger inland 

 waters. Brazil ; Australia ; New Zealand. 



Sp. Char. Largest of American Sandpipers (Tringce). Bill straight, rather longer than the 

 head, widened terminally, slightly compressed basally ; tarsus about eipial to the bill, or a little 



Summer plumage. 



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

 margin ; lower third of the tibia bare, but the tips of tiie 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 Idack, light gray, and pale rusty, these colors varying in relative extent 

 with the individual, Ijut the grayisli usually prevailing ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with 



