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LITTLE STINT. 



TRINGA MINUTA, Leisler. 



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Explanation of Plates. 



Dvoinik River, on the Petchora, lat. 68^ N., July 1875 ; Harvie-Brown 

 and Seebohm coll. (Seebohm Collection) . Natural History Museum, 

 South Kensington. 



July 11, 1895 ; H. J. & C. E. Pearson coll. 



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14 „ V H. J. Pearson coll. 

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H. J. & C. E. Pearson coll. 



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15 „ H. J. Pearson coll. 

 6 „ H. J. & C. E. Pearson coll. ; 



Gobista River, Kolguev. In 

 collection of H. J. Pearson, 

 Esq. 



The Little Stint is a regular spring and autumn migrant to the British 

 Islands. 



Mk. Howard Saunders writes as follows respecting the geographical distribution 

 of the Little Stint*: — " On its autumnal migration this species visits the greater 

 part of Europe, and, except on the west coast of France, it is almost as abundant 

 on the spring passage. It does not appear to winter in any numbers on the 

 northern side of the Mediterranean, though many remain in Morocco, Algeria and 

 Egypt ; but the majority make for the extreme south of Africa, the Seychelles, 

 Arabia, and the entire Indian region, traversing, on then- way to the latter, the 

 great ranges of Central Asia. The breeding-grounds of the Little Stint were first 

 discovered by Dr. von Middendorff, as far east as the Taimyr river in Asiatic 

 Siberia, in lat. 74° N. ; in the summer of 1872 Messrs. Alston and Harvie-Brown 

 obtained a bird in nuptial di-ess at the mouth of the Dwiua, while Prof. Collett 



■ Manual of British Birds,' pp. 571, 572. 



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