A2Q4 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
margined with reddish brown or white; greater 
Wwing-coverts ash-grey ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
white, tinged with red, with crescentic bars of black 
and edged with white; chin, neck, breast and belly 
nearly uniform rich reddish chesnut; flanks, vent 
and under tail-coverts white, tinged with red and 
spotted with black. 
The young bird of the year in autumn has the 
upper surface of the body ash-grey, each feather 
with two narrow half-circular bands near the end, 
the first greyish black, the ultimate band buffy 
white, later in the season pure white; the neck 
white, streaked with grey; the breast dull white, 
tinged with reddish buff. 
Both of these latter descriptions are taken from 
Yarrell, who also says that the eggs are described 
as being of a light yellowish brown, marked at the 
larger end with grey and reddish spots, forming 
more or less a sort of zone, and but little spotted 
towards the point. 
TrEMmMINCK’s Stint, T'ringa Temnuncku. Linclude 
this bird in the Somersetshire list on the authority 
of Colonel Montagu, who says, under the title 
‘Sandpiper, Little,’ ‘Six of these birds were 
observed by Mr. Anstice in September, 1805, at the 
mouth of the Brue, near Bridgwater, four of which 
he shot, but was unable to obtain more than one (on 
account of the softness of the mud), and that has 
been kindly added to our collection; the other two 
