132 SCOLOPACID/E. 



Stint may be recognized by the great length of its toes, the middle one, 

 including its claw, measuring frequently little short of an inch in length. It 

 resembles T. mhiuta in having the outer tail feathers brown, but differs in 

 having the shafts of all the primaries brown, except that of the iirst quill, 

 which is dull white. From T. Temmtncki it may be separated by the colour 

 of its outer tail feathers as well as by its long toes. (Oa/es.) 



JJab. — Arracan, Pegu and Tenasserim. Found also seasonally in N.-E. 

 Siberia through China and Mongolia to Burmah, extending on the west to 

 Bengal, the Eastern Coast of India and Ceylon, and ranging southwards to 

 the Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Celebes, and the Phillipines. 



161. Tringa Temmincki, Leiskr, Nacht. zu Bechst. Naturg. 

 Deiitsch.'x. p. 63 ; Jerd., B. Lid. iii. p. 691 ; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 45, pi. ; 

 Hume, Str. F.\.^. 244; iii. p. 183; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 156; David et 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 43 ; Hu7ne afidDav., Sir. F. vi. p. 461 ; Hume, Sir. F. 

 viii. p. 113 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 892 ; Murray, Verl. ZooL, Sind, p. 251 ; 

 Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 392 ; Murray, Avif. Bril. hid. ii. p. 613, No. 

 1292. — Temminck's, or the White-tailed Stint, 



Upper parts as in minuta ; chin, throat and supercilia white ; a dark spot 

 in front of the eye ; breast and lower neck ashy brown ; belly, vent and under 

 tail coverts white ; four central tail feathers dusky brown, the rest white ; legs 

 pale horny green, or greenish olive. 



Length. — 6 to 6-25 ; inches ; wing 3-8 ; bill at front 07 ; irides deep brown. 



JJab. — As the last and associated with it everywhere. 



162. Tringa CrassirOStris, Temm. et SchUg., Faun. Jap. Aves, 

 p. 107, pi- Ixiv. ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 240 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 325 ; 



Wald., Ibis, 1874, p. I47 ; Armstrong, Sir. F. iv. p. 341 ; David et Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 468; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 113; Murray, Verl. Zool. Sind, 

 p. 249 ; Oates, Sir. F. x. p. 240 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 393 ; Murray, 

 Avif. Bril. hid. ii. p. 613, No. 1293. — The Thick-billed Stint. 



The following is Mr. Hume's description of the species. 



*' In the winter plumage the upper surface reminds one not a little of that 

 of Tetanus stagnatilis. The whole lower parts are white, but the base of the 

 neck in front and the sides are marked with numerous small brown stride, and 

 the upper breast, besides having more or less of these striations, is mottled 

 with larger pale brown spots, here and there interspersed with conspicuous 

 heart-shaped blackish brown spots, which are the first traces of the coming 

 summer plumage. Lores, top, back and sides of the head and neck very 

 pale greyish brown, all the feathers narrowly streaked along the shaft with 

 dark brown ; the upper back and whole mantle is a mixture of pale brown 

 and ashy, most of the feathers with blackish shafts, more or less darkly 



