SIX months' bird collecting in egypt. 191 



142, Little Stint, Tringa niiinita, Leisl. 



The Little Stint though very abundant in the Delta, 

 and mixing with Temminck's Stint, was decidedly the least 

 abundant of the two in 1875. A {tw which may have come 

 from south of the equator, passed through Egypt late in 

 spring. Specimens were shot on the 27th and 28th of April, 

 and on the 7th of May ; and in June I found it again at the 

 Faioum, where it was rather common, and where I did not 

 see any Temminck's Stints. 



143. Temminck's Stint, Tringa teuiminckii, Leisl. 



I found this plentiful in the Delta, and often in flocks. I 

 shot two on the 21st of April, which were still in winter 

 plumage ; and I do not think I saw many after that. 

 Captain Shelley does not state whether he considers this 

 species to be resident, but I should not be much surprised 

 if it was. In the winter plumage, this is as different on the 

 back from the Little Stint as it is in spring and autumn. 

 The Little Stint is mottled ; the Temminck's is uniform. 



■)fi44. Dunlin, Tringa cinclus, Linn. 



January 8th, two in the market at Alexandria. February 

 6th, one in the market at Cairo. 



145. Pigmy Curlew, Tringa snbarquata, Giild. 



I shot two in May, near Gebel-Abou-Foeder, and again in 

 June I met with some at the Faioum. One shot by me on 

 the 7th was in beautiful summer plumage. 



Mr. E. C. Taylor informs me, that since the publica- 



