KNOT, 
KNUTE, OR KNOUT. 
[T'nnga Canutus, lAn.-^Le Camtf, BufF. ) 
These birds, like others of the fame genus, dif- 
fer confiderably from each other in their appear- 
ance, in different feafons of the year, as well as 
from age and fex. The fpecimen from which the 
above drawing was taken; meafured from the point 
of the bill to the tip of the tail, eight inches and a 
half, the extended wings about fifteen, and it weigh- 
ed two ounces eight drachms : the bill was one 
inch and three-eighths long, black at the tip, and 
dufey, fading into orange towards the bafe ; tongue 
of nearly the fame length, fharp and horny at the 
point ; Tides of the head, neck, and breafl, cinere-? 
ous, edged with afh-coloured grey j the chin white, 
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