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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
More records it from the Island, and Mr. Hart has 
several specimens both in summer and winter plumage. 
There is an example in Lord Malmesbury's collection, 
and Messrs. Pearce and Stares have observed it in the 
neighbourhood at Portsmouth. 
236. Tringa striata. Purple Sandpiper. 
A winter visitor to our coasts, but not in large numbers, 
and less common in the Isle of Wight. 
Mr. Hart's specimens are dated October, i860 ; 
November, 1882; and October, 1886. 
More mentions that several have occurred on the rocky 
shores of the Undercliff, generally in late autumn, and 
Mr. Wadham, of Newport, has informed us of a specimen 
obtained in the Island in October, 1896. 
237. Tringa canutus. Knot. 
A winter visitor to all our coasts. 
This bird is not uncommon on the shores of the main- 
land during autumn and winter, and often remains until 
May, after assuming the red plumage of summer. Indeed, 
Mr. Hart assures us that some remain as late as the 
beginning of June. 
In ' the Island, according to More, it is obtained every 
year, principally in autumn. 
Mr. Meade-Waldo relates ^ that he has often seen small 
flocks on Hatchett Pond, near Beaulieu, in the New Forest, 
but it is of the rarest occurrence inland. 
' "Victoria History of Hants." 
