SANDPIPERS 191 



according to J. F- Brockholes, a few used to breed 

 in suitable parts of Wirral. In the spring of 1871 

 he received eleven eggs which were taken on the 

 Dee marshes near Puddington and Shotwick {P^^oc. 

 Chester Soc. Nat. Sci., 1874, p. 12). 



In the south-west of England the nest has been 

 found on the Bodmin moors in Cornwall (Rodd, 

 ZooL, 1868, p. 1319), and on Dartmoor in Devon- 

 shire (Moore, Mag. Nat. Hist, 1837, p. 322), 

 though not of late years. 



In Wales the Dunling breeds in Cardiganshire 

 and Merionethshire {Zool, 18.93, p. 269, and 1895, 

 p. 275), probably also in Pembrokeshire (Tracy, ZooL, 

 1851, p. 3049, and Murray Mathew, "Birds of Pem- 

 brokeshire," 1894, p. 94). 



In Ireland, nests and eggs have been found in 

 Wicklow, Mayo, Westmeath, and Donegal, where, 

 according to Mr. Ussher, the bird is common in the 

 breeding season. It then has a black breast. 



As to the smaller race or variety of this species 

 which is sometimes met with on our coasts in 

 autumn, see Cordeaux, Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc., vol. 

 ii. p. 562, and Newton, Diet. Birds, p. 172. 



LITTLE STINT. Tringa minuta, Leisler. PI. 21, figs. 

 7, 8, 8a. Length, 6 in.; bill, O'S in. ; wing, 3*2 in.; 

 tarsus, 0-9 in. 



A spring and autumn migrant. A few instances 

 have come under my notice in which this bird has 

 remained in England so late as the second week in 



