KNOT. 

 red-breasted snipe. robin snipe. 



Tringa canutus. 



Char. Adult in summer : above, mottled black and gray, tinged with 

 dull rufous; rump ashy white, with dark bars ; tail gray, edged with dull 

 white; under parts and line over the eyes rich chestnut ; paler on the belly. 

 Adult in winter : above, ashy gray ; below, white, the neck streaked with 

 dusky. Young : much like the adult in winter plumage, but the feathers 

 of the upper parts are bordered with lines of pale buff and brown, and the 

 breast is tinged with buff. Length about loj^ inches. 



Nest. Usually on the margin of a lake or stream, — a slight depres- 

 sion, lined with leaves and grass. 



Eggs. 4-9 ; " light pea green, closely spotted with brown in small specks 

 about the size of a pin-head " (Greely), or " dun-color, fully marked with 

 reddish" (Nutchins); i.io X i.oo. 



This large and variable species, described under such a 

 variety of names, is again a denizen of both continents, pass- 

 ing the summer, or reproductive season, in the utmost habitable 



