692 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



The White-tailed Stint is less numerous in India than the last 

 species ; it has similar habits, and a like geographical distribution. 



A few other species of little Stints are recorded from various 

 parts of the world. From the Indian isles, we have T. albescens, 

 Terara., {T. damacensis, Horsf. ; pusilta, apud S. Miiller); and 

 S. aicstralis, Gould, (T. acuminata, Horsf.) 



The next species has the bill broad and depressed, and is separated 

 as Limicola, Kaup ; it is perhaps worthy of separation, as it leads 

 towards the next form, Eurinorhynckns. There is only one species 

 in this division. 



886. Tringa platyrhyncha, Temminck. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 331— Blyth, Cat. 1596— T. 

 cloroides, Yirillot — Limicola py^maea, Kaup — Gray, 111. 

 Genera of Birds, pi. 152, f. 2. 



The Broad-billed Stint. 



Bescr. — In winter plumage, above ashy-brown, with a rufous 

 tint ; cheeks white, spotted with brown ; quills brown ; tail brown, 

 edged with pale reddish ashy ; neck white with brown spots ; the 

 rest of the lower parts white, tinged with rufous on the sides of 

 the breast, the flanks, and under tail-coverts. 



Bill blackish ; irides deep brown ; legs dusky. Length 6^ 

 inches; wing 3| ; tail If ; bill at front ly^ ; tarsus |. 

 ,. The bill is rather long, broad, flattened, and slightly bent down 

 at the tip. 



In summer, the upper plumage is more or less black, edged with 

 rufous and bufFy white, the quills black with white shafts, the 

 breast whitish with black spots and tinged with rufous, the rest of 

 the lower surface white. 



The Broad-billed Stint is tolerably common towards the North of 

 India, rare in the South. It perhaps abounds more on the sea-coasts 

 and on tidal rivers than far inland. It has a similar distribution to 

 the other members of this group. 



Gen. EuRiNORHYNCHUS, Nilsson. 



Char. — Bill much depressed, broad, flat, with a ridge in the centre 

 at the base, ending in a flat, somewhat obcordate, expanded 



