AMERICAN KNOT. 
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This species inhabits the arctic regions, where it 
breeds : it lives during the summer in the marshes, 
and in the autumn near the sea coasts : it appears in 
this country at the latter season, but does not breed 
here : the fens of Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely- 
are the places where it is most frequently seen : in 
Lincolnshire this species is taken by means of nets in 
great quantities, and are much esteemed as food when 
fattened : they first appear in August, and disappear 
about November with the first frost. They feed on 
worms and aquatic insects. " This bird is said to 
have been a favourite dish with Canute, king of 
England ; and Camden observes, that its name is 
derived from his — Kiiute, or Knout ^ as he was called, 
which, in process of time, has been changed to 
Knotr—iBew. 2. 76.) 
AMERICAN KNOT. 
(Calidris rufa.) 
Ca. corpore supra grisea nigro albo Jerrugineoque variegato, guld, 
snperciliis, collo anteriore pectoreque Jiisco-Jerrugineis, venire 
crissoque albis. 
Knot, with the body above grey, variegated with black, white^ 
and rust-colour ; the throat, eyebrows, neck before and breast 
brownish rust-colour, the belly and vent white. 
Red-breasted Sandpiper. (Tringa rufa.) Wils. Amer. Orn. 
v. vii. p. 43. pi. Ivii.y; 5. 
This bird is ten inches long, and twenty in ex- 
tent : the beak is black, and about an inch and a half 
