TRINGA. 251 



Tringa cinclus, Lin.; P.E. 852; Gould. B. Eur.^X. 329; Jerd. B. 

 Intl. iii. 690; Str. F. i. p. 2J.2; Murray, Hdbk.,Zool., ^c, Slnd, p. 220. 

 Triuga alpina^ L. — The Dunlin. 



Crown of the head, lores and cheeks ashy brown ; a pale white 

 supercilium from the base of the bill over each eye ; back and 

 scapulars pale ashy brown, the feathers dark shafted and edged paler; 

 lesser and median coverts brown, edged paler, almost ashy; greater 

 coverts brown, tipped with whitish ; throat, breast, bellj'", vent and 

 under tail-coverts pure white, the breast with a few brown streaks ; 

 tail with the two central feathers dusky or deep brown, the rest ashy 

 and edged whitish. 



Length. — 6"5 to 7*5 inches, wing 4"5, tail 1'87, bill at front 1*25, 

 black ; legs greenish dusky, iiides brown. 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Guzerat, 

 Kutch and Kattiawar Coast. A winter visitant, arriving about the 

 middle of September. In the Kurrachee harbour the Dunlin is simply 

 numerous, also on the Mekran Coast, where they may be seen running 

 nimbly near the edges of the sea or skimming along near the surface 

 in Mrly large flocks. 



Tringa minnta, LeisL; Naum. vogt. t. 184; Gould. B. Eur. pi. 

 332; Jerd. B. Lid. iii. p. 690; Sir. F. i. 242; Murray, Edbk., Zool, 

 Sfc, Sind, p. 220. — The Little Stint. 



In winter the upper parts are ashy or pale earthy brown, the 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, tertials and lesser and median wing- 

 coverts raesially dusky or dark brown, and in some very narrowly 

 edged with whitish. There is a dark spot in front of the eye, and a 

 pale white supercilium ; the chin, throat, centre of the breast and rest 

 of the under surface, including the vent, axillaries and under tail-coverts, 

 are white ; sides of the breast ashy brown ; primaries mostly white 

 shafted, dusky brown, slightly paler on their inner webs ; secondaries 

 white, basally and also narrowly tipped with white ; greater wing- 

 coverts tipped with white, forming a conspicuous wing band ; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts and two central tail feathers dusky or dark brown; 

 lateral tail feathers pale ashy. 



Lengih. — 6-6 inches, expanse 13'1, tail 2*3, tarsus 0'9, wing 3"8, bill 

 at front 0'6; irides deep brown, legs black. 



Hah. — Nearly throughout Europe and India, also Java, Formosa, 

 Australia and China. In Sind, along the coast ; also in the Kurrachee 

 harbour; inland on the large pieces of water and on the Munchur Lake, 

 this Little Stint is extremely common, also on the Mekran Coast, the 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, and Ceylon. Occurs 

 in Persia, Beloochistan (Quetta), and Afghanistan, and in fact has a 

 very wide distribution. In the Concan, Deccan and Southern Indit 

 generally it is equally abundant. 



Tringa Temmincki, LeisL; PL Col. 41, 1; Gould. B. Eur. 

 pi. 333 ; Jerd. U. Ind. iii. p. 691 ; Sfr. F. vol. i. 242, 243, 244 ; Murray, 

 Hdbh., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 220. — The White-tailed or Temminck's 

 Stint. 



