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the 23rd of April, 1868. This bird was also killed 
on Breydon, a male, gradually assuming its summer 
plumage, the rufous edgings of the feathers appearing 
over the head, back, and scapulars. This is the last to 
my knowledge that has been observed in this county, 
and it is noticeable that all have appeared on their 
passage northward in spring. 
Among the “British Birds” in the Norwich Museum 
will be found two or three interesting specimens of this 
sandpiper, procured by the late Mr. Wolley in Lapland, 
during the height of the breeding season, and his 
description of its eggs and breeding habits will be found 
in the third edition of Hewitson’s “Eggs of British 
Birds.” 
TRINGA MINUTA, Leisler. 
LITTLE STINT. 
This elegant little sandpiper, though appearing only 
in small flocks, is a regular autumnal visitant to our 
coast, and, as shown by my notes for the last twenty 
years, is most frequently met with in the months of 
August, September, and October. In spring it is 
occasionally seen on its northward passage in May, 
and at times as late as the second and third week ‘of 
June in the rich colour of its nuptial dress. I have 
a note of one killed at Yarmouth, on the 21st of May, 
1853; and in Captain Longe’s collection are two or three 
specimens obtained on Breydon about the 18th of June ; 
others have also been seen by him quite as late in the 
season. <A single specimen was shot at Wootton, near 
Lynn, on the 19th of June, 1865; and a very beautiful 
example in my own collection, in full summer plumage, 
was shot at Salthouse, on the 18th of June, 1868, 
from a flock of four or five which had frequented the 
beach there for some days. With the exception only 
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