4.4 
LITTLE STINT. 
LITTLE SANDPIPER. BROWN SANDPIPER. MINUTE DUNLIN. 
LEAST SNIPE. 
Tringa pusilla, PENNANT. Monracu, 
Pelidna minuta, STEPHENS. 
Tringa—.........-4+ ? Pusilla—Small—little. 
Tuts bird was first described as British by Pennant, from 
a specimen killed in Cambridgeshire. They are now frequently 
noticed on the southern and eastern coasts in flocks of thirty, 
forty, or fifty—in Devonshire, Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and 
also on those of Yorkshire and Durham. They have likewise 
been observed on the Lancashire shore, and on the banks of 
the Solway Firth. Two were obtainéd at Scilly the first 
week in September, 1851. It is uncommon in Cornwall, met 
with at Pennance, Gwyllyn Vase, and Swanpool, near Falmouth. 
In Scotland one is recorded by Mr. T. Edward, of Banff, 
in ‘The Naturalist’ for February, 1855, to have been obtained 
at Fraserburgh, on the 26th. of September, 1854. 
In Ireland they occur annually near Belfast, as recorded 
by the late William Thompson, Esq., of that place, also near 
Dublin, but unusually. 
In Orkney one was killed by William Strang, Esq., in 
October, 1837, and another was seen by him in 1848. 
In Europe they are found in Sweden, Germany, Holland, 
Dalmatia, Italy, and France; also in Africa, both north and 
south; and in Asia—in Persia, India, and the neighbourhood 
of the Caucasian Mountains. 
The Stint most frequently is found along the shores of the 
sea, but also on the banks of rivers and lakes. 
