KNOT . — Tringa canutus. TEMMINCK’S STINT . — Tringa TemmincMi. 
PIGMY CURLEW . — Iringa subarqudta. DUNLIN. — Tringa cinclus. 
The Knot is found upon our coast in varying numbers, at one season flying 
and settling on the shore in flocks of a thousand or more in number, and at 
another being so scarce that hardly one bird can be seen where a hundred had 
formerly made their appearance. 
The Pigmy Curlew, or Curlew Sandpiper, is so called on account of the form 
of its beak, which bears some resemblance to that of the Curlew, although it is 
much smaller and not so sharply curved. 
Temminck’s Stint is remarkable for being the smallest of the British Sand- 
pipers, the average length being about five inches and a half 
The Dunlin is the commonest of the sea-loving Sandpipers, and comes to our 
shores in large flocks, keeping close to the edge of the waves, running along the 
sands and pecking eagerly at the molluscs, worms, and smaller Crustacea, which 
are so plentiful on the margin of the retiring waves, 
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