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382. Little Stint. Tringa minuta minuta Leisler. 



Tringa minuta. Shelley, pp. 251-252. 



One of the most abundant of wading birds in autumn, 

 winter and spring, a number remaijiing until April and May, 

 when they are then assuming breeding plumage. 



Length about 4j inches. Winter plumage, upper parts 

 ashy grey, the feathers mth darker centres ; under parts pure 

 white speckled on throat and upper breast with greyish brown. 

 Summer plumage, upper parts blackish grey variegated with 

 rich rufous, black and dull white ; under parts white speckled 

 on the throat and upper breast with brown, and these 

 parts washed with pale chestnut ; bill short and straight. Sexes 

 similar. The young bird somewhat resembles the adult in 

 summer, but the dark feathers of the upper parts are edged 

 with rufous buff and lack the chestnut and white markings. 

 In winter plumage young birds are of a darker, duller ash grey. 



383. Temminck's Stint. Tringa temminckii Leisler. 



Tringa temminckii. Shelley, p. 252. 



Less common than the little stint and more addicted to 

 quiet marshy localities, seldom if ever being met with on the 

 seashore ; arrives in autumn and leaves in early spring. 



Length about 4j inches. UpxDer parts in winter dull slate 

 grey with a slight irridescence greenish in colour. Under parts 

 white ; the throat and upper breast faintly streaked with 

 brownish and somewhat intensely washed with ashy brown. 



In breeding plumage the upper parts are mottled with 

 dull chestnut and black. 



At all stages the outer flight feather has a white or nearly 

 white shaft, all the others being dusky. Ixi the little stint most 

 of the shafts have white on them, and in the latter the legs and 

 feet are black, whereas in the former those parts are dull olive 

 green. 



384. Curlew Sandpiper. Tringa ferrugina (Briinnich). 



Tringa subarquata. Shelley, p. 254. 



Not uncommon on the shores and lakes of Northern Egypt 

 in spring and autumn. A few pass through near Cairo during 

 the autunm migration and also through the Wadi Natrun in 

 spring and possibly in autumn. 



Length about 7 inches. Winter plumage, upper parts 

 ashy grey, the rump white ; lower parts white ; slightly marked 



