. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE KNOT. TRINGA CANUTUS. Beak straight, a little longer than the head, much dilated towards the tip; tail even at the extremity ; a small part of the tibia naked. Winter—Throat and abdomen white ; breast and flanks white, barred with ash-brown; upper plumage ash-grey, mottled with brown; wing-coverts tipped with white; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with black crescents; bill and legs greenish black. Summer—Streak over the eye, nape, and all the under plumage, rusty- red, the nape streaked with black; back streaked and spotted with
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. THE KNOT. TRINGA CANUTUS. Beak straight, a little longer than the head, much dilated towards the tip; tail even at the extremity ; a small part of the tibia naked. Winter—Throat and abdomen white ; breast and flanks white, barred with ash-brown; upper plumage ash-grey, mottled with brown; wing-coverts tipped with white; rump and upper tail-coverts white, with black crescents; bill and legs greenish black. Summer—Streak over the eye, nape, and all the under plumage, rusty- red, the nape streaked with black; back streaked and spotted with black, red. and grey. The upper plumage of yo2ing birds is mottled with reddish brown, grey, black, and dull white ; legs dull green. Length ten inches. Eggs unknown. The Knot, Willughby informs ns, is so called from having been a favourite disli of King Canntiis, or Kmite. It is a migratory bird, visiting the coasts of Great Britain early in autumn, and remaining here till spring, when it retires northwards to breed. During the intervening months it keeps exclusively to the sandy or muddy sea-shore, assem- bling in small flocks, and mixing freely with Dunlins, Sanderlings, and Purple Sandpipers. Some authors state that it feeds principally early and late in the day, and during moonlight nights; but I have seen it on the coast of I^orfolk in winter feeding at all hours of the day. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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