228 DUNLIN. 



[ Genus — Limicola.] 



[LiMicoLA PLATYRHYNCHA — Broad-billcd Sandpiper.] 



A rare straggler to the British Islands. 



Genus— TRINGA. 



[Tringa maculata — Pectoral Sandpiper.] 

 A rare straggler to Britain, 



[Tringa fuscicollis — Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 

 A rare straggler to the British Islands. 



TRINGA ALPINA— Dunlin. 



This Sandpiper is not abundant in Herefordshire, but it 

 frequently visits the larger rivers in the county. Mr. W. C. Blake 

 says, " it is a frequent visitor to the Wye, near Ross, in winter, and 

 several have been brought to me dead." In 1880, two were killed 

 in the Lugg meadows, and exposed for sale in a game-shop in 

 Hereford. There is no record of its having remained here to breed. 



[Tringa minuta — Little Stint.] 

 Only met with in Britain during migration. 



[Tringa temmincki — Temminck's Stint.] 

 Of regular, but rare occurrence during migration. 



[Tringa minutilla — American Stint.] 

 A rare straggler to Britain. 



[Tringa subarquata — Curlew Sandpiper.] 

 Not uncommon in Britain during spring and autumn. 



[Tringa striata — Purple Sandpiper.] 

 Of occasional occurrence in Britain in winter. 



