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Bill black ; irides hazel ; legs bluish black. Length 10 inches ; 

 wing 6£; tail 2| ; bill 1^; tarsus 



In summer the upper plumage becomes very dark-black, edged 

 with reddish brown and white ; the head and neck is streaked 

 brown ; the greater wing-coverts ashy ; the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts white-barred ; and the whole lower parts rich chesnut. 



The Knot is of rare occurrence in India. I procured one speci- 

 men at Madras, which I believe is the only one recorded. It is 

 found throughout the northern portion of both Continents. Tringa 

 lomatina, Licht., from Southern Asia, is recorded by Bonaparte 

 as near the Knot, and is perhaps the same ; and ScIkbuicIus magiius, 

 Gould, the same bird as Tot tenuirostris, Horsfield, according to 

 Blyth (in Uteris), is closely allied. 



The remaining species, Pelidna, Cuvier, have the bill somewhat 

 longer, distinctly turned down at the tip, and the toes perfectly 

 free. The first of these has the bill more distinctly arched, and 

 is separated by Kaup as Ancylocheilus ; it had previously, indeed, 

 been separated by Cuvier as Falcinellus. 



882. Tringa subarquata, Gmelin. 



Blyth, Cat. 1594— Jerdon, Cat. 344— Gould, Birds of 

 Europe, pi. 328 — T. chinensis, Gray — T. falcinella, Pallas — 

 Erolia varia, Vieillot — Falcinellus Cuvieri, Bonap. 



The Curlew Stint. 



Descr. — In winter plumage, the face and supercilium white ; 

 a brown streak from the gape to the eye ; upper part of head, 

 back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, ashy-brown, the shafts of the 

 feathers somewhat darker; feathers of the nape streaked with 

 brown, and edged whitish ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail ashy- 

 grey, edged with white ; throat and beneath pure white ; the 

 feathers of the neck in front and of the breast streaked with 

 pale brown. 



Bill black ; irides brown ; legs dusky grey. Length 8 inches ; 

 wing 5 ; tail If ; bill at front 1 T 7 ^ ; tarsus 1£. 



The Curlew Stint is found throughout India, is rare towards 

 the South, common about Calcutta, and in the North of India gener - 



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