KNOT. 
RED-BREASTED SNIPE. ROBIN SNIPE. j 
I 
Tringa canutus. j 
Char. Adult in summer ; above, mottled black and gray, tinged with , 
dull rufous ; rump ashy white, with dark bars ; tail gray, edged with dull i 
white ; under parts and line over the eyes rich chestnut ; paler on the belly. ' i 
Adult in winter ; above, ashy gray ; below, white, the neck streaked with ■ \ 
dusky. Young; much like the adult in winter plumage, but the feathers 
of the upper parts are bordered with lines of pale buff and brown, and the 
breast is tinged with buff. Length about io% inches. . 
A^est. Usu.ally on the margin of a lake or stream, — a slight depres- j 
sion, lined with leaves and grass. ,, 
4-9 ; “ light pea green, closely spotted with brown in small specks j 
about the size of a pin-head ” (Creely), or “ dun-color, fully marked with I 
rtAA\s,\\” (Hutckins) ■, i.io X i.oo. ; 
This large and variable species, described under such a 
variety of names, is again a denizen of both continents, pass- 
ing the summer, or reproductive season, in the utmost habitable 
