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1965. (140!)) Crocethia alba. The Sanderling. 



Crocethia alba Pa//., Vroeq's Cat. Coll., p. 7 (1766), 

 {North Holland). 



Cosmopolitan brooder in Arctic Circle. S. to 

 India, Burma, etc., in winter. 



1966. (1470) Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus. The Spoon- hilled 



Stint. 



Plataloa pygmaea Linn., 8. N., i., p. 140 (1758), 

 (Surincoji). 



Summer N. E China. Winter China coasts, 

 straggler Burma and N. E. India. 



*i967. (1471) Erolia minuta. The Little Stint. 



Tringa minuta Leister, Nacht. Bechs, Nat. Deuts, p. 74 

 (1812), (Hanatc). 



Breeds N. E. Europe and Siberia. Winter to 

 India, Ceylon. 



1968. (1472) Erolia ruficollis. The Eastern Little Stint. 



Tringa ruficollis Pall., Rei.se. Reichs. Buss., Hi., p. 700 

 (1776), (Daruria). 



Summer E. Siberia to Japan. Winter S. China, 

 etc., Burma, Bengal, Assam. 



1969. (147o) Erolia subminuta. The Long-toed Stint. 



Tringa subminuta Midden, Reis. N. 0. and 0. Siber. 

 (1851), {Stanaivay). 



Breeds E. Siberia. In winter S. Asia to Austra- 

 lia, S. E. India to Ceylon. 



1970. (1474) Erolia temminckii. Temminck's Stint. 



Tringa temminckii Leisler, Nacht. Bechst. Nat. Neut. 

 p^m (1812), (Hanav). 



Europe, Asia, N. Africa. Winter to India 

 Burma, Ceylon, etc. 



1971. (1475) Erolia acuminata. The Asiatic Pectoral Sandpi- 



per. 



Tetanus acuminatus Horsf., Trans. L. 8., xiii., p. 192 

 (1821),' (Jam). 



Breeds N. E. Siberia and Alaska ; winter China, 

 etc. (once Gilgit). 



1972. (1476) Erolia ferruginea. The Curlew-Stint or Pigmy 



Sandpiper. 



Tringa ferruginea Brilnnick, Orn. Bor., p. 53 (1764) 

 (Iceland). 



Migrant to India and Burma in winter. 



* As Tringa takes the place of Totamis for the Sandpipers, Erolia (Vieill., AnaJ. 

 1316, p. 56) ts\.kes the place of Tringa foy the Stints. 



