650 SCOLOPACIDE, 



A specimen killed earlier in tke season, has not acquired 

 the rufous margins to the dark coloured feathers of the back 

 and scapulars. 



A young bird of the year, killed in the plumage of its first 

 autumn, has the beak black ; irides dark brown ; head, neck, 

 and upper part of the back, ash grey; Aving-coverts, scapulars, 

 and lower part of the back, ash brown, each feather ending 

 with a half circle of black, and a minute terminal line of 

 white ; primaries dusky black ; secondaries the same, but 

 tipped with white ; tertials ash brown, with dark shafts, and 

 tipped with white ; central tail-feathers elongated, pointed, 

 ash brown, outside feathers white; chin, neck in front, breast, 

 and all the under surface pure white. 



An adult bird, killed in October, has the head and neck 

 ash grey, varied with dark brown ; the back and wing-coverts 

 nearly uniform dusky brown, with narrow lighter-coloured 

 margins. 



The American Stint, the Tringa pusilla of Linneus and 

 Wilson, is perfectly distinct from either of our British spe- 

 cies. It accords most nearly with Temminck''s Stint in size 

 and measurements, but goes through the seasonal changes of 

 plumage peculiar to T. minuta, and has the outside tail- 

 feathers ash colour. While penning this observation, I have 

 specimens of the American Stint, as well as several of both 

 our species, before me. 



The representations of Temminck's Stint here given, were 

 taken from an adult bird in spring, and a young bird in au- 

 tumn . 



