THE KNOT 



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The Curlew Stint. 



Ancylochilus suiarquatiis. 



North Siberia to Africa, Indian Peninsula and Australia in winter. 

 In "winter the plumage is ashy brown above, slightly mottled with 

 darker centres to the feathers; rump and upper tail-coverts white; tail 

 feathers ashy brown, fringed with white, and a sub-terminal dusky bar; 

 under surface white, with fine lines of dusky brown on the sides of the 

 face, neck, lower throat, and fore-neck. Total length 7.4 inches, culmen 

 I..3.5, wing 5.3, tail 1.9, tarsus 1.15, middle toe and claw 1. 



Breeds in Siberia. 



I'M 



Sharp-tailed Stint; Hctevopygia aurita. 



Meyer. 



Genus Tringa. 

 Hind toe present. Bill longer than tarsus. Tarsus longer 

 than hind toe. Tip of bill straight. Tail square. 



The Knot. 



Tringa canutus. 



Arctic regions to Africa, Indian Peninsula, Australia, and New 

 Zealand. 



In winter the plumage above is ashy grey, with a few dusky bars on 

 the rump; upper tail-coverts white, barred with black; the inner primary- 

 coverts black broadly tipped with white; tail ashy grey; sides of face 

 white, with dusky streaks; under surface of body white; the throat 

 streaked, and the 'chest mottled. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1.3, wing 

 6.1, tail 2.3, tarsus 1.2. 



