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340. TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA. 



(BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa platyrhincha, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. p. 398 (1815). 



The Broad-billed Sandpiper has little or no white on the secon- 

 daries and upper tail-coverts. Its bill is very flat, sHghtly widened 

 towards the middle, and more than a fourth of the length of the 

 wing. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 545. 



The Broad-billed Sandpiper appears to be a rare winter visitor to 

 the Japanese coasts. Captain Blakiston collected an example in 

 August at Hakodadi (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33), and there is 

 one in the Pryer collection from the Yokohama market. 



The breeding-range of the Broad-billed Sandpiper extends from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific ; and it is a rare winter visitor to Great 

 Britain as well as to Japan. 



341. TRINGA MINUTA. 

 (LITTLE STINT.) 



Tringa minuta, Leisler, Nachtr, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. i. p. 74 (1812). 



The Eastern form of the Little Stint was described as a distinct 

 species as long ago as 1776 under the name of Trynga ruficollis 

 (Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 700). 



The Little Stint is a small bird (wing from carpal joint less than 

 4 inches), with black legs and feet, and a narrow bill, broadest at the 

 base. 



The Eastern form has a chestnut chin, throat, and upper breast in 

 summer plumage, but in winter the two forms are indistinguishable. 

 The Eastern form may be regarded as subspecifically distinct, under 

 the name of Tringa minuta ruficollis . 



Figures : Seebohm, Charadriidse, pi. 15. 



The Eastern form of the Little Stint, or Red-throated Stint, is 

 common during the spring and autumn migrations on the Japanese 

 coasts. I have four examples procured by Mr. Snow on the Kurile 



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