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ring again in numbers along the coast of the West of England 
and on the Irish coast. 
Range outside the British Islands. — The Knot breeds in the 
Arctic Regions and was found nesting by the explorers in the 
early part of the century on Melville Island and also on Mel- 
ville Peninsula, but no eggs seem to have been brought back 
by them. Colonel Feilden obtained young birds in Grinnell 
Land, lat. 82“ 33', and Mr. H. C. Hart also procured nestlings 
in lat. 81° 44', but no eggs were obtained by these naturalists 
during the voyage of the “ Alert ’’ and “ Discovery.” No other 
record of the breeding of the Knot has yet been authenticated, 
and although it has been observed on migration in many parts 
of Northern Russia and Siberia, it has not been found nesting 
in any part of the Old World. Dr. Bunge noticed the species 
on Great Liakoff Island, the most southerly of the New Siberian 
islands, on the 6th of July, and shot specimens throughout the 
greater part of the month, but on the 20th the birds became 
rarer, and were not recorded after the 31st. Colonel Feilden 
writes to me ; — “ If Bunge was correct in the identification of the 
bird, I see no reason to doubt that the Knot breeds in the New 
Siberian Islands, for we obtained old birds and nestlings on 
the nth of July at Discovery Bay, and again at Floe Berg beach 
on the 31st of July. There is, of course, some possibility that 
the Liakoff Knot might be T. crassirostris and not T. canuhis, as 
the occurrences of the latter bird in Eastern Siberia have been 
very few.” In winter the Knot passes as far south as Australia 
and New Zealand, and is found, but more rarely, on the coasts 
of India and Africa. In America it migrates along the Atlantic 
coast to the West Indies, and has even been recorded from 
Brazil. 
Hatits, — On its northward journey in spring, the present 
species is far less often observed than on its return in autumn, 
when it is very plentiful. At the former time of year it is also 
much more shy, and seems intent upon reaching its Arctic 
breeding home with as much expedition as possible. In the 
autumn, on the contrary, it is not only much more plentiful, but 
is very much tamer. It is found either singly or in small flocks 
in most of our tidal harbours, where its cheerful note, which is 
