KNOT.
Y CNUTT, OP THE ANCIENT BRITISH.
RED SANDPIPER. ASH-COLOURED SAN DPIPER.
Tringa Canuius,
Tringa Islandica,
Tringa cinerea,
MOXTAGT".
PENNANT.
TEMMINCK
Calidris Cauutus, FLEMING.
Tringa- ('a nUfus—C an utc.
T H E Knot, according to Camden, derives its specific Latin name
from ' K i n g Canutus,* frith, whom it is reported to have been a
favourite dish; I do not however, find any reference to the matter
in the ballad under the above title in Percy's ' I t e l i q u c s of Ancient
B r i t i s h Poetry,' in which, in school days, I used to ' r e a d , and read,
a n d read again' of ' S i r Andrew Barton, K n i g h t , ' ' T h e Xut-browne
Maid,' ' T h e Gabcrlunzie Man,1 ' C h e v y Chase,' ' T h e Heir of L i n n e ,'
' F a i r ltosamond,' * T h e Sturdy Kock,' ' B r a v e Lord AVilloughby,' ' T he
Winning of ('ales,' ' T h e Wandering Jew,' ' T h e Spanish Lady's Love,'
' A d m i r a l Hosier's Ghost,' ' T h e Beggar's Daughter of Bednal Green,'
' R o b i n Hood and Guy of Gisbornc,' ' A d a m Bell, Clym o' the
Clough, and William of Cloudesley,' 4 T h e Child of Elle,' King
Cophetua and the Beggar Maid/ ' M y Mind to me a Kingdome is,'
' K i n g Lear and his three Daughters,' ' T h e Dragon of Wantley,'
' G e n t l e River, Gentle River,' etc., etc., e t c . : it was then a very scarce
book, but a new edition has since been published, and some of the
poems are very beautiful.
The Knot advances north to the Arctic regions, and there rears its
young. M. Nilsson says thai it inhabits in Europe, the northcrnly
part-- of Sweden and Norway, in summer, and the same appears to
b e the case in F i n l a n d ; also in Holland, France, and Germany. It
occurs likewise in America, even to the Polar regions, and in Asia;