TRINGINJi. 691 



The Little Stint, 



Descr. — All the upper parts ashy-brown, the shafts dusky ; a 

 brown streak from the gape to the eye, and a whitish supercilium ; 

 the two central tail-feathers brown, the outer ones ashy-brown, 

 edued with whitish ; throat, foreneck, middle of the breast, and 

 all the under parts pure white ; the sides of the breast ashy- 

 brown. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs black. Length 6 inches ; 

 wing Sy^y ; tail 1^ ; bill at front -^^ ; tarsus j^y. 



In summer the head, and upper parts, with the two central 

 tall-feathers, become black, broadly edged and tipped with rufous 

 brown ; and the cheeks, sides of neck, and breast reddish. 



The Little Stint is very abundant throughout India in winter, 

 associating in large flocks, and feeding on marshy ground, rice 

 fields, and the edges of tanks and rivers. It is very excellent 

 eating. 



This species is found throughout the Old World, breeding chiefly 

 in the North. A nearly allied species is T. suhminuta, Mid- 

 dendorf, found in Japan and North-Eastern Asia, and in China, 

 and very possibly confounded with the common species, it occurs 

 at all events, in the more Eastern parts of India and Burmah. It 

 is said to difier chiefly by its longer toes. 



The following species has been again separated as Leimonites, 

 Kaup. 



885. Tringa Temminckii, Leisler. 



Bltth, Cat. 1598— Jerdon, Cat. 346— Sykes, Cat. 200— 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 333— T. pusilla, Bechstein. 



The White-tailed Stint. 



Descr. — In winter plumage, all the upper parts brown, with 

 dusky streaks in the centres of the feathers; the four central 

 tail-feathers ashy-brown, the others Avhitish, and the two outer- 

 most ones pure white; throat white; front of neck and breast ashy- 

 brown ; belly and under tail-coverts pure white. 



Bill black; irides deep brown. Length 6 to Q\ inches; wing 

 3y^^; tail l/^y ; bill at front y^^ ; tarsus 4-^. 



