of NORTHUMBEELAIID AND DmHAM. Il5 



the authenticity of these eggs, another specimen of which is, I 

 believe, in the collection of the Eev. Dr. Tristram. 



In Dr. Eichardson's '•'Fauna Boreali- Americana," it is stated 

 that the Sanderling breeds in Hudson's Bay, and that it makes 

 its nest, rudely, of grass, in marshes; that it "has four dusky- 

 coloured eggs, spotted with black." This description, as far as 

 it goes, corresponds exactly to the characters of the eggs received 

 by Mr. Proctor. The Eing Dotterel makes no nest ; it deposits 

 its eggs amidst gravel or on the bare sand. 



110. TRINGA, Linnceus. 



21. Knot. T. cajtutus, Linnceus. 



Tringa cinerea, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 84. 

 ,, canutm, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 52. 



A common autumn and winter visitant, arriving on our coast 

 in August, and remaining till spring. A few adults make their 

 appearance sometimes as early as July ; these are usually in their 

 faded summer dress. 



At Eenham Flats, in the neighbourhood of Holy Island, the 

 Knot often appears in large numbers in the autumm and winter 

 months. 



The individual from which Mr. Bewick made his figure is in 

 my collection. 



22. PuKPLE Sandpiper. T. mahitima, Br'imnich. 



Tringa mariiima, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 

 79, 81. 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 88. 



An autumn or winter \dsitant ; arrives on the coast with the 

 Knot, in September. Single specimens are met with, occasion- 

 ally, earlier. I have killed it in August, and Mr. C. M. Adamson 

 shot one on the 19th of July. These early birds retain theii- worn 

 summer dress. It is commonest during the autumn and wintel- 

 months, and has been killed up to the middle of May. I have an 

 exatnple that was shot at St. Mary's Island, on the 18th of that 



