146 THE BIRDS OF DEYONSHTRE. 



among some Dunlins killed near Plymouth, " A few 

 of the very small variety or race answering to the 

 Tringa schinzi of Brehm, one of which was an 

 adult in full breeding dress, with a fine black 

 breast, and really not much larger than the Little 

 Stint "(Zool. 1876. p. 5109). 



LITTLE STINT.— Tr%« minuta, Leisl. 



A SPARING visitant to the sandy estuaries of North 

 and South Devon in early autumn, usually in 

 immature plumage. The Rev. M. A. Mathew 

 records an adult killed in summer plumage on 

 August 22nd, shot out of a flock of Dunlins, 

 Little Stints seldom occur on the Devonshire Coasts 

 later than September, but Gatcombe records a 

 specimen killed near Plymouth in 1875, as late as 

 the 9th of December. This bird was in full winter 

 plumage, a stage very rarely met with in Great 

 Britain. I have examined a few local specimens 

 in the hands of the Exmouth taxidermists, but 

 these were exclusively young birds, killed in 

 September. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT.— Trm^a temmimM, Leisl. 



A RAEE visitant. Dr. Moore states ; " Two of these 

 birds were shot near Stonehouse Bridge, on 

 Coronation day ; and are now in Bolitho's collection" 

 (Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837. p. 322). This, Mr. Eowe 

 corroborates in the following words ; " Two of 



