PEOVERS’ AND SANDPIPERS: I2ZE 
most numerous on its autumn passage south. It 
is chiefly seen on the eastern coast-line, but is a 
visitor to the Solway district. The Little Stint 
breeds in the Arctic regions of Europe and West 
Siberia, and is a late migrant in spring, seldom 
seen in any numbers on our coasts before May. 
It frequents, whilst with us, mud-flats, salt-marshes, 
and long reaches of sand, and often joins the 
Dunlins in quest of food. Its stay with us is brief, 
especially in spring, and even in autumn most have 
gone away before October. It may be distinguished 
by its small size (wing under 4 inches in length), 
tapering bill, and black legs and feet. The second 
species, Temminck’s Stint (Zvinga temmunckt), 
is a larger bird than the foregoing, and readily 
distinguished from all other Tringez by its white 
outer tail feathers. It is much rarer in its appear- 
ance, too, and, as usual, most frequent on the 
low-lying eastern coast-line; even this district is 
beyond the more general limits of its migrations. 
It is also not so maritime in its haunts, and seems 
to migrate along more inland routes. 
