'3$8 KNOT. Clafsll; 



IV. The K N O T. 



Wil. 6rn, •tpii IJlandis SidKngax-Kal|. Norvegis 



Ranfyn.a-v. 10S. Fiare-Pift. Fiser-Kurv, Fter- 



Edw. av. 276. Muus. Bomholmh Rytteren. 



Le Canut. Brijfcn a-v. v. 258. Brvnnich Tringa maritima. 



Tringa canutus. Lin.fyfi^ 251. 182. 



Faun, Suec.fp. 183. i?r. Zee/. 123. 



HE fpecimens that we had opportunity of ex- 

 amining, differ a little in colors, both from 

 Mr. Wiiloughbf*, defcription, and from Mr. Edwards** 

 Defer, figure : the forehead, chin, and lower part 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 {o t forming a white bar : the 

 bread, fides, and belly white-, the two firfb (freaked 

 with brown : the coverts of the tail marked with 

 white and dufky fpots alternately : the tail afh-colored, 

 the outmoft feather on each fide white: the legs were 

 of a bluifh grey -, and the toes, as a fpecial mark, 

 divided to the very bottom : the weight four ounces 

 and a half. 



Thefe birds frequent ourcoafts in the winter; in the 

 fummer they are taken with the ruffs in the eaftern 

 parts of the Ely Fens \ and when fattened, are pre- 

 ferred by fometo the Ruffs themfelves. Camden* fays 

 they derive their name from king Canute, Knute, or 

 Kv.'Aity as he is fometimes called ; probably becaufe 



* Camden Brit. 971, 



they 



