KNOT. 



TRINGA CANUTUS, Linn. 



Tringa canutus. Linn. S. N. i. p. 251 (17G6) ; 3Iacg. iv. 



p. 185; Ya7T. ed. 4, iii. p. 413; Dresser, viii. p. 77. 

 Tringa islandica, Naum. vii. p. 372^ xiii. p. 232. 



Maubeche, French ; Isldndischer Strundldnfer, German ; 

 Churra, Spanish. 



This bird is exceedingly common on tlie donble 

 passage on many parts of our coasts, and many remain 

 in favourable localities throughout the winter months. 

 Although the Knot ranges as a migrant over the whole 

 of Europe, a considerable portion of Africa, and N. 

 America, and has, according to Mr. H. Saunders, been 

 met with in the Indian Region, Australia, and Brazil, 

 its breeding-haunts appear to be confined to the extreme 

 Arctic regions of America, and I believe that I am jus- 

 tified in stating that well authenticated eggs of this 

 species are still desiderata to ornithologists. Col. 

 Feilden and Mr. Chichester Hart, however, the natura- 

 lists of the Polar Expedition of H.M. ships 'Alert' and 

 * Discovery,' had the good fortune to obtain three broods 

 of very young nestlings of this species in July 1876 in 

 latitudes 82° 33' and 81° 44' N. The favourite resorts 



