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Tringa striata. Purple Sandpipee. 



Tringa striata^ Linnmws, S. N. i. p. 248 (1766) . 



Tringa maritima, Naum. vii. p. 467; Macg. iv. p. 197; 



Hewitson, p. 366; Gray, p. 166; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 88; 



id. ed. 3j iii. p. 93 ; Harting, p. 48. 

 Arquatella maritima, Gould, iv. pi. 74. 

 Tringa striata. Dresser, viii. p. 69. 

 The Purple Sandpiper, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 665. 



Striata = striped ; literally, furnished with flutes {stricB) like a column. 



Of occasional occurrence on the coasts of Great Britain 

 and Ireland in the winter season. Breeds in Northern 

 Europe; migrates southwards as far as the Cape colony. 

 Found also in North America. 



Tringa canutus. Knot. 



Tringa Canutus, LmncRus, S. N. i. p. 351 (1766). 



Tringa islandica, Naum. vii. p. 372, xiii. p. 233. 



Tringa canutus, Macg. iv. p. 185 ; Gray, p. 165 ; Yan\ ed. 3, 

 iii. p. 53 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 55 ; Gould, iv. pi. 65 ; Hart- 

 ing, p. 48; Dresser, viii. p. 77. 



The Knot, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 630. 



Canutus, in honour of King Canute, because it was supposed to come from 

 Denmark ; or perhaps from its littoral habits, in allusion to the story of 

 Canute's celebrated reproof to his courtiers. 



Common on the shores of the British Islands in winter. 

 Breeds in the Arctic regions, and found as far south as 

 South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil. 



Genus MACHETES, Cuvier, Regne An. i. p. 490 (1817). 



Machetes = jiaxnTh^, a warrior, fighter ; in allusion to its pugnacious habits. 



Machetes pugnax. Ruff. 



Tringa Pugnax, Linncms, S. N. i. p. 347 (1766). 

 Machetes pugnax, Naum. vii. p. 503; Macg. iv. p. 171; 

 Hewitson, p. 345; Yarr. ed. 3, ii. p. 645; id. ed. 3, ii. 



