iar OF BIRDS. 59 
‘The common Sandpiper has a flight brown bill ; 
the legs are of a greenifh-brown; the body afh- 
coloured, with black fpots, white beneath ; three 
tail-feathers on the outfide white, the middle tail- 
feathers brown, It flirts its tail as it walks like 
the Water-wagtail: it lives lonely, by the water- 
__ fide, and in its manner very much refembles the: 
Green Sandpiper. 
The Knot is another of the Tringa genus; its 
bill is flender, and, as well as the legs, of a dufky 
afh colour; the eye-brow, the ftreaks upon the 
wings, and the outer tail-feathers are white ; the 
lower part of the back dark afh-colour, mixed 
with white, forming fpots like crefcents, or half 
moons. They come into Lincolnfhire at the 
beginning of winter, and ftay there two or three 
months, They fly in flocks, and keep near the 
fea-fhore. ‘They may be fattened with bread and 
milk, and are very nice food. They are taken in 
nets, and are decoyed into them by ftales, or 
pices of wood painted like the Knots themfelves. ' 
’ There are many other fpecies of the Tringa,, 
but their manners ‘and way of living are very 
souch like thofe already. defcribed.. 
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