258 GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



the Greeley Expedition, near Fort Conger, is probably that of 

 Ereunetes pusillus. A reputed egg of the Knot, formerly in the 

 possession of Mr. Seebohm, and now in the National Collection, 

 came from Disco, in Greenland, and resembles that of the 

 Snipe ; but it is quite unauthenticated. The Knot only rears 

 one brood in the year, and as soon as the young can fly they 

 migrate south. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Tringa, with the ground colour 

 of the upper tail coverts white, the wing from 6 '8 to 6 '2 inches 

 in length, and the bill from I'S to I'l inch in length. Length, 

 10 inches. 



