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with in Caithness (R. Gray) and in Banffshire ("Fauna 

 of the Moray Basin," ii. p. 195). In Ireland one 

 examined by Mr. Ussher was obtained many years 

 ago near Tralee. Wolley has given a most pleasing 

 account of its nesting haunts north of the Gulf of 

 Bothnia, and Messrs. Seebohm and Harvie-Brown 

 found it much commoner than the Little Stint on the 

 same breeding-ground at the mouth of the Petchora 

 river [Ibis, 1876, p. 308). This graceful little bird, our 

 least British Sandpiper, is sometimes confounded with 

 the Little Stint [Tringa minuta), but may be distin- 

 guished by the white shaft of the first primary, the 

 white outer tail feathers, and the light-coloured legs, 

 as pointed out in my *' Birds of Middlesex." On Sep- 

 tember 4, 1869, I shot one of these little Sandpipers 

 at Kingsbury Reservoir, at which sheet of water on 

 that day at 6 a.m. I counted seven different species 

 of waders, namely, tieron, Greenshank, Green Sand- 

 piper, Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Dun- 

 ling, and Temminck's Stint. At the same place on 

 August 29, 1872, I found and shot another, after 

 observing its actions for some time. In mode of 

 flight and general appearance it resembles a minia- 

 ture Common Sandpiper. The Little Stint, which 

 I have observed chiefly on the coasts of Sussex 

 and Suffolk, is more like a miniature Dunling. 



SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria (Linnaeus). PI. 20, 

 figs. 1, la. Length, 7 in. ; bill, 0"5 in. ; wing, 4"3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0-9 in. 



A spring and autumn migrant, a few remaining 

 throughout the winter. On the west coast of Scot- 

 land, as well as in Ireland, it is said to be common in 



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