3l6 LITTLE STINT. 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA MARITIMA. 



Genus Tringa. 



Black Sandpiper — Selninger Sandpiper. 



A winter visitor to the more rocky parts of our 

 coasts. More numerous in some winters than in 

 others. It is thought that it may have bred with us 

 in the Hebrides and Shetlands, but nothing certain is 

 known. 



BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA PLATYRHYNCHA. 



Genus Tringa. 



A bird which has very rarely been obtained in the 

 British Isles. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



TRINGA PECTORALIS. 



Genus Tringa. 



A rare straggler across the Atlantic from America. 



LITTLE STINT. 



TRINGA MINUTA. 



Genus Tringa. 



A spring and autumn visitor, chiefly to our eastern 

 coasts, closely resembling the Dunlin in its habits. 



