BIRDS OF EGYPT. 251 



Female. — Head and neck rufous brown, inclining to 

 greenish black on the top of the head ; a buff mark extend- 

 ing from the base of the beak to the crown ; a white patch 

 encircling the eye, and extending backwards through the ear- 

 coverts ; back and scapulars bronzy ; wing-coverts green ; 

 rump, tail, and quills slaty grey, inclining to dark brown at 

 the base of the outer web of the primaries, the whole pen- 

 cilled and barred with wavy black lines ; the quills have 

 numerous clear buff spots, forming rows when the wings are 

 extended; the neck shades into black at the base, which 

 colour is bordered by a clear white collar, extending round 

 the shoulders ; remainder of the underparts creamy white, 

 with a large dusky patch on each side of the chest next to 

 the collar; beak flesh-colour, shading into dusky brown 

 at the base, and into rufous brown on the culmen and 

 towards the tip ; legs olive-green ; irides brown. 



Male. — Neck brownish grey, mottled with white on the 

 throat; feathers round the eye and collar buff; a buff band 

 down the scapulars ; some broad black bars on some of the 

 feathers ; wing-coverts pale green, mottled with buff ; beak 

 darker ; remainder of the plumage similar to the female. 



Entire length 9'3 inches ; culmen 2 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 5 ; tarsus 1'8. 



254. Tringa MiNUTA, Leisler. Little Stint. 



The Little Stint is a winter visitor to Egypt and Nubia, 

 and is extremely abundant in some parts. It may usually be 

 met with in flocks, frequenting the marshy ground, and on 

 the sandbanks of the river. 



