Class II. K N O T. 461 



Wil. cm. 302. IJlandis Sidlingar-Kall. Nor- 193. Knot, 



Rati fyn, av. 108. wegis FiserePift. Fiaer-Kurv, 



Ed'-w. a--o. 276. Fiser-Muus. Bornholmis 



Le Canut. ' Briffbn a<v. V. Rytteren. 



2 r8. Brunnich, Tringa maritima. 



Trihga canutus. Lin, fyft. 182. 



25 i. £r. Zocl 123. 

 F**«; Suec. fp. 183. 



THE fpecimens that we had opportunity 6f ex- 

 amining, differ a little in colors, both from 

 Mr. Willughbyh defcription, and from Mr. Ed- 

 ward?* figure : the forehead, chin, and lower part Descrip. 

 of the neck in ours were brown, inclining to afh 

 color : the back and fcapulars deep brown, edged 

 with afh color : the coverts of the wings with 

 white, the edges of the lower order deeply fo, form- 

 ing a white bar: the brea.fi, fides, and belly 

 white ^ the two firft ftreaked with brown : the co- 

 verts of the tail marked with white and duiky 

 fpots alternately : the tail afh colored, the outmoft 

 feather on each fide white : the legs were of a blu- 

 ifh grey •> and the toes, as a fpecial mark, divid- 

 ed to the very bottom: the weight four ounces 

 and a half. 



Thefe birds, when fattened, are preferred by 

 fome to the ruffs themfelves. They are taken in 

 great numbers on the coafls of Lincoln/hire, in 

 nets fuch as employed in taking ruffs $ with two or 



three 



