270 THE NESTS AND EGGS OF 



those of all other Sandpipers, with the one exception of 

 Temminck's Stint. As a rule, the eggs of the Little 

 Stint are yellower than those of the latter bird, partaking 

 more of the character of those of the Dunlin. It is 

 easier to separate the eggs of a mixed series than to 

 point out the differences in words. 



Family CHARADRTID^. Genus Tringa. 



Sub- family SCOLOPACIN.^. 



AMERICAN STINT. 



Tringa subminuta minutilla, Vieillot. 



(British : Ver}^ rare abnormal autumn migrant.) 



Single Brooded. Laying season, latter half of June, and early 



in July. 



Breeding area : Northern Nearctic region. The 

 American form of Middendorff's Stint breeds in the 

 Arctic regions of America, from Alaska to Labrador and 

 Newfoundland, and as far south as Nova Scotia. 



Breeding habits : The American Stint begins to 

 arrive in the Southern States from Central and South 

 America in April, slowly travels on to New England 

 early in May, reaches North Carolina towards the end 

 of the month, and appears on the Arctic " barren " grounds 

 early in June, when they are '* barren " grounds no 

 longer, but teem with animal and vegetable life. This 

 Stint is gregarious in winter and on migration, but 

 separates into more or less scattered pairs for the 

 summer. The favourite breeding haunts are the marshy 

 moors near the sea, sometimes near the coast, more 



