230 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Young birds have the upper plumage blackish with rufous 
borders and white edges to the feathers ; the lower parts are 
tinged with dingy buff on the neck and breast, but not spotted. 
Bill black, straight ; iris brown ; legs and feet black or deep 
lead. colour. 
Length 6; wing 3°95; tail 1°6; tarsus °8; middle toe and 
claw ‘75; bill from gape °7. 
Distribution.—Common. all round the coast, except from 
Negombo to Tangalla; sometimes found inland round larger 
tanks. Abundant in suitable localities throughout India 
west of the Bay of Bengal. Breeds in Northern Europe and 
Siberia, wintering in Africa and South-western Asia. 
Habits —Feeds in large flocks on flat sandy or muddy 
shores ; in Ceylon it is commonest on the coast or round 
lagoons. A few immature birds stay with us through the 
summer. 
TRINGA SUBMINUTA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 275; 
Legge, p. 889). 
The Long-toed Stint. 
Description.—Winter : The plumage is similar to that of 
T. minuta, but is darker ; the head and neck are more spotted 
’ with black, while the lower throat and foreneck are noticeably 
streaked and mottled with brown. The shaft of the first 
primary is dirty white, of the remainder pale brown. 
In summer also the colouration resembles that of the last 
species, but in both stages this species may be distinguished 
by the long middle toe and claw, which together measure 0°9 
to 1:0 inch as against *75. 
Bill olive-brown ; iris brown ; legs and toes olive-yellow or 
brownish. 
Length 6; wing 3°7; tail 1°5; tarsus ‘8; bill from 
gape °75. 
Distribution.—Fairly common on the coast in the north-west, 
north, and east of the Island. Common in Bengal and 
Burma during the north-east monsoon. Breeds in Eastern 
Siberia, migrating to South-eastern Asia and Australia for 
the winter. 

