SCOLOPACIDiE — TEE SNIPE FAMILY — TRING-A. 
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Tringa canutus. 
THE KNOT SANDPIPER. 
Tringa canutus, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 149; ed. 12, 1766, 251 . — Cass, in Baird’s B. N. Am. 
1858, 715. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 526. — Coues, Key, 1872, 256 ; Check List, 1873, 
no. 426 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 626 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 490. — Bidgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, 529. 
Tringa cincrca, Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1/64, 53. — Gmel. S. N. 1. 1788, 673. — Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 
1813, 36, pi. 57, fig. 2. — Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 387. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 125. 
Triiuja islanclica, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 682. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 130, pi. 315 ; Synop. 1839. 
232 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 254, pi. 328. 
Tringa ncevia, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 681. 
Tringa grisca, Gmel. 1. c. 
? Tringa australis, Gmel. t. c. 679. 
? Tringa ferruginea, Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 53. 
Tringa rufa, Wilson, Am. Orn. VII. 1813, 43, pi. 57, fig._5- 
Tringa, calidris, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 253. 
“ Tringa utopiensis, Muller.” 
“ Tringa lornatina, Light.” 
Hab. Chiefly northern portion of the northern hemisphere, but occasionally visiting the south- 
ern hemisphere during winter migrations ; chiefly littoral, hut occurring also on the larger inland 
waters. Brazil ; Australia ; New Zealand. 
Sp. Char. Largest of American Sandpipers (Tringce). Bill straight, rather longer than the 
head, widened terminally, slightly compressed basal ly ; tarsus about equal to the bill, or a little 
longer ; middle toe about two thirds the tarsus ; toes flattened beneath, with a rather wide lateral 
margin ; lower third of the tibia bare, but the tips of the feathers reaching to the joint. Wings 
long and pointed, extending beyond the tail, which is short, and slightly graduated. Adult in 
summer : Above, mixed black, light gray, and pale rusty, these colors varying in relative extent 
with the individual, but the grayish usually prevailing ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with 
