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116. PISOBIA TEMMINCKI (Leisler). 
TEMMINCK’S STINT. 
Tringa temminckii LEISLER, in Bechst. Naturg. Deutsch]. (1812), 2, 78. 
Limonites temmincki SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 
Hand-List (1899), 1, 163; OaTEs, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1902), 2, 
McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 28. 
Negros (Steere Exp.). Northern Europe and Asia, northern and northeastern 
Africa; in winter Indian Peninsula and China. 
“Adult in winter plumage.—Above ashy gray, slightly varied with 
dusky shaft-streaks ; scapulars bronzy brown like inner secondaries ; lower 
back and rump brown, with a subterminal shade of darker brown; upper 
tail-coverts also dark brown, with longitudinal shaft-streaks of darker 
brown ; wing-coverts brown, with a slight bronzy gloss, shaft-lines darker, 
and slight indications of paler edges; greater coverts tipped with white, 
forming a cross-band on the wing; alula, primary-coverts, and quills 
blackish brown; shafts of the primaries pale whity brown, that of the 
first outer primary white; alula white with a brown center; all the 
primaries white at the extreme base; secondaries brown, white at base of 
inner web, and fringed with white at the ends; long inner secondaries 
bronzy brown with dusky centers; middle tail-feathers dusky brown, the 
remainder ashy brown, with white in the center, increasing in extent 
toward outer feathers, two external ones entirely white; crown ashy 
brown like back; lores dull brown surmounted by a streak of white, hardly 
joined to a second streak above the ear-coverts, which forms an indistinct 
eyebrow ; eyelid white; sides of face and ear-coverts ashy brown, streaked 
with dusky brown; cheeks and throat white, with a few dusky streaks on 
cheeks and lower throat; fore neck and upper breast light ashy brown; 
lower breast, abdomen, sides of body, and flanks pure white; thighs brown, 
white internally ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillars 
white; coverts round the bend of wing dusky brown with whitish edges ; 
lower primary-coverts brown, forming a patch; quills below ashy brown, 
somewhat lighter along the inner edge. Length, 140; culmen, 15; wing, 
96; tail, 46; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 18. 
“Adult male in breeding plumage—Only differs from the winter 
plumage in being more mottled above, the feathers having black centers, 
and being tinged with rufous, especially on the edges of the feathers; 
lower throat and chest have some distinct shaft-lines. ‘Bill olive-black, 
lighter olive brownish at base, especially on lower mandible; feet olive- 
yellow, joints more dusky; iris dark brown.’ (Stejneger.) Length, 135; 
culmen, 19; wing, 94; tail, 46; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 18. 
“Adult female in breeding plumage.—Similar to the male, and ap- 
parently quite as much mottled. Length, 132; culmen, 20; wing, 99: 
tail, 47; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 18. 
