SANDPIPERS. 49 
DUNLIN. Tringa alpina, Linneus. 
Resident, yet migratory in spring and autumn. 
Breeds in Northumberland, Scotland, the Hebrides, 
and Shetland. The nest has also been found in Corn- 
wall*; and the species used formerly to breed at 
Martin Mere, an extensive tract of water and swamp 
in Lancashire fF. 
LITTLE STINT. Tringa minuta, Leisler. 
A spring and autumn migrant. A few instances 
have come under my notice in which this bird has 
remained in England as late as the second week in 
June. 
It is sparingly distributed on the eastern coasts of 
Scotland, but has not been met with on the western 
shores. It appears in Ireland as a regular autumnal 
visitant, but in limited numbers. 
TEMMINCK’S STINT. Tringa temminckii, Leisler. 
A spring and autumn migrant, but much rarer than 
the last named. It has been met with once only in 
Scotlandf, and once in Ireland 9. 
SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria (Linneus). 
A spring and autumn migrant, a few remaining 
throughout the winter. On the west coast of Scotland 
Rodd, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1868, p. 1319. 
Berry, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, vol. vil. p. 599. 
Gray, ‘ Birds of West of Scotland,’ p. 321. 
Thompson, ‘ Nat. Hist. Ireland’ (Birds), vol. 11. p. 302. 
rth —- * 
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