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Total length, 11 in. ; colmen, 1*1 in. ; wing, 6*5 in. : tail, 3*3 in. ; 



tarsus, I 7 in. 



H;il>. : .s. 4, 7. 



Sub-family — Scolopa< in .v.. 



groove extending along greater part of upper mandible. Toes not 

 webbed at all. but cleft to the base. 



Genus— LIMONITE8. — Tarsus and culmen practically equal in leDgth ; 



tarsus aboul equal to middle toe and claw. 

 I • I.. rufiCOlliS, PalJas (Schoeniclus albescens, Old. : Tringa albescens, 



'!'. miii. i. Little Stint. 



Forehead and under surface white ; wing coverts white tipped. 



Adult, ") to 5*7 in. : culmen, 07 in. ; wing, 3*8 in. ; tail, 1'7 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0*7 in. : middle toe and claw, 0*7 in. 



Hiil.. : 1 to 6, 8, 9. 



i ,, m S — HETEROPYGIA. — Tarsus and culmen practically equal ; tarsus 



longer than middle toe and claw. 

 634. H. acuminata, Hors. (Schoeniclus australiB, Graj ; Tringa acu- 

 minata), Sharp-tailed stint (Marsh Tringa). 



Winter Plumage.— A slighl tinge of rufous on the head j throat 

 and chest ashy-fulvous, with narrow blackish streaks. 



Young have their backs blacker than in adult stage and strong 

 rufous. 



Total length, 7 in. ; culmen, 11 in. ; wing, 5"4 in. ; tail, *2T in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 ~ in. 



Hal.. : 1 to 9. 



GENUS ANCYLOCHILUS.- Culmen longer than tarsus. Bill slender 

 and tapering, not compressed in middle, with a sharp culminal 

 ; end of bill decurved, and not broader than middle. 

 A sul»ar4|iiatiis. Gmelin t Schoeniclus subarquatus, Gld. ; Tringa 

 subarquata), ( m lew Stint. 



Adult Plumage in Summer.— Breast and under parts rufous. 

 Plumage in Winter of Adult and Young. Ashy l.iown above, 

 dark centres to feathers ; ruin), pure white ; under surface white. 

 Total length, 7*4 in. ; culmen, 1 '3 in. ; wing, 5*3 in. ; tail, 1*9 in.; 



tarsus, i l in. ; middle toe and claw, 1 - 1 in. 



Bab. : l i- 6, v !». 



<.i\i- TRINGA.— -Culmen longer than tarsus. Bill slender, with cul- 

 minal ridge, hut widening at end: tip straight, not decurved. Tail 

 square, the middle feathers not prolonged. Inner secondaries falling 

 short "f primaries bj more than length of tarsus. 



T. C.'lllllfllS. Linn.. Knot. 



Adult Plumage in Summer.— Breast ami under parts rufous. 

 Adult Plumage in Winter and Plumage of Young. Under parts 

 wlnte, with dusk] streaks or spots on fore-neck and chest; upper 

 tail coverts white, barred across with black. Culmen, 1 "3 in. 

 II., b :. 6 

 T. cra&glrofttrte, Temm. and Schleg., Great Sandpiper (Jap 

 K i . 

 Under | arts white, with dusky streaks <>r spots on fore-neck and 

 ppei tail coverts * bite. Bill, l *> in, 



appei krfaoe has rufous and Mark markings 

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