LITTLE STINT 265 
TEMMINCK’S STINT 
TRINGA TEMMINCKI 
Bill slightly bent down at the tip, much shorter than the head; tail gradu- 
ated. Wintey—upper plumage brown and dusky; breast reddish; 
lower plumage and outer tail-feathers white; bill and feet brown. 
Summer—All the upper feathers black, bordered with rust-red ; breast 
reddish ash, streaked with black. Length five andahalfinches. Eggs 
unknown. 
TEMMINCK, in whose honour this bird was named, states that it 
‘inhabits the Arctic Regions, and is seen on its passage at two 
periods of the year in different parts of Germany, on the banks of 
lakes and rivers ; probably, also, in the interior of France ; never 
along the maritime coasts of Holland; very rare on the Lake of 
Geneva. Its food consists of small insects. It probably builds 
its nest very far north.’ A few have been killed in England, and 
it occurs in many parts of Asia and in North Africa, but it is nowhere 
abundant, being an irregular visitor, only on migration. 
PITT LE STINE 
TRINGA MINUTA 
Bill straight, shorter than the head ; two middle and two outer feathers of 
the tail longer than the rest (‘ tail doubly forked ’); tarsus ten lines; 
upper plumage ash and dusky; a brown streak between the bill and 
the eye; under plumage white; outer feathers of the tail ash-brown, 
edged with whitish; middle ones brown; bill and feet black. Length 
five and a half inches. Eggs reddish white, spotted with dark red- 
brown. 
A RARE and occasional visitant, appearing from time to time in 
small flocks on the muddy or sandy sea-coast. My friend, the Rev. 
W. S. Hore (to whom I am indebted for many valuable notes, 
incorporated in the text of this volume), obtained several specimens 
of this bird in October, 1840, on the Laira mud banks, near Plymouth. 
In their habits they differed little from the Dunlin. They were at 
first very tame, but after having been fired at became more cautious. 
In their food and mode of collecting it, nothing was observed to 
distinguish them from the other Sandpipers. They come on passage 
in spring and autumn, 
