FETCH OR A 427 



which the young had made their exeunt, and successfully 

 finished the blowing of four ' Stinkers ' (Swans' eggs left 

 to soften !). 



We laid together our Little Stints and two Temminck's 

 Stints in the flesh. 



The Little Stint is a little Dunlin all over save in the 

 black breast of the latter. The Temminck's Stint is 

 green-grey on the back in general appearance, and the 

 Little Stint rich, reddish-brown. The Temminck's Stint 

 closely resembles a Common Sandpiper in the colour 

 of the back, and still more the Terek Sandpiper, while 

 the Little Stint, as already remarked, is a little Dunlin as 

 regards the coloration of the upper parts. 



Little Stint. Te?yiminck's Stint. 



Back, rich reddish-brown. Greenish-grey. 



Legs, feet, black. Dark brown. 



Bill, black. Brown. 



Tarsus, "So '75 



Wing from carpal joint, 3"6 3"05 



Extent of wings, 11-8 11-9 



The measurements are taken from one Little Stint and 

 two Temminck's Stints only. 



With careful comparison we fail to discover any dis- 

 tinctive difference in the coloration of the quills of the 

 first primaries of the two species ; certainly insufficient 

 for any useful comparison. 



The five Little Stints on dissection proved to be all 

 males, some with the testes very slightly developed, 

 others with them considerably more so. My impression 

 is that these males are done breeding, and flock together 

 to feed during the time the females are sitting, returning 

 to take share in feeding and tending the young when they 

 are hatched out, and giving more attention to parental 

 duties ; or it may be that they are birds of last year not 



