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EROLIA MINUTILLA 



376. Erolia minutilla minutilla (Vieill.)— THE AMERICAN 

 STINT. 



Tringa minutilla Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., xxxiv, 



p. 406 (1819— Nova Scotia to the Antilles). 



Tringa mimitilla Vieillot, Yarrell, iii, p. 396 ; Saunders, p. 587. 



Distribution. — England. — Four. Mount's Baj^ (Cornwall) Oct. 10, 

 1853. Northern Burrows near Bideford (Devon) Sept. 1869 and 

 Aug. 22, 1892 (Saunders, p. 587). Near Mousehole (Cornwallj 

 Sept., 1890 (J. Clark, Zool, 1907, p. 286, and Brit. B., ii, p. 268). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Northern North America, in winter from 

 California, Texas, and North Carolina through West Indies and 

 Central America to Brazil, Galapagos Islands, and Chile. On migra- 

 tion thi'oughout North America, north-east Siberia and Commander 

 Islands, also in Greenland and Bermudas. Replaced by an allied 

 form which breeds in north-east Siberia, Kamtschatka, and the 

 Kurile Islands, and winters south-east Asia, to Australia. 



EROLIA TEMMINCKII 



377. Erolia temminckii (Leisl.)— TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



Tringa Temminckii Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechst. Naturg. Deutsehl., 



p. 78 (1812 — Near Hanau on the Main). 



Tringa temmincki Leisler, Yarrell, iii, p. 398 ; Saunders, p. 589. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Rare and irregular passage-migrant 

 chiefly autumn (late July to Sept.), very rarely spring (May). 

 Irregular everywhere but most frequent from Norfolk southwards 

 and along south coast England to Scilly. Elsewhere very rare 

 vagrant — about seven from Dee to Solway, a few from Lines, to 

 Northumberland, two or three east coast Scotland, one Fair Isle 

 (autumn 1908), one co. Kerry (Jan., 1848). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeding from Scandinavia eastwards in 

 arctic portions of Old World, migrating south in winter to Mediter- 

 ranean and north Africa, India, Ceylon, the Indo-Chinese countries 

 and China. 



EROLIA MACULATA 



378. Erolia maculata maculata (Vieill.)— THE AMERICAN 

 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Tringa maculata Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., xxxiv, 



p. 465 (1819— Antilles or southern U.S.). 



Tringa maculata Vieillot, Yarrell, iii, p. 308 ; Saunders, p. 579. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Vagrant. About forty -five England, 

 three Scotland, three Ireland, chiefly autumn, occasional spring. 



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