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TEMMINCK'S STINT. Tringa temmincJci, (Leisler). 



Yarrell, iii. p. 398 ; Harting, p. 29 ; Dresser, viii. p. 45 ; Seebohm, 

 iii. p. 217 ; Ibis List, p. 169. 



A spring and autumn visitant, but by no means 

 common. One was shot at Weymouth, September 2, 

 1872, by Mr. J. Thompson. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER. Tringa subarquata, (Guldenstadt). 



Yarrell, iii. p. 403 ; Harting, p. 48 ; Dressei', viii. p. 59 ; See- 

 bohm, iii. p. 180; Ibis List, p. 170. 



The Curlew Sandpiper is not an infrequent visitor 

 in spring and autumn. Mr. T. M. Pike, who has 

 shot several in Poole harbour, is of opinion that it is 

 a much commoner bird than is generally supposed, 

 and that it often passes unnoticed amongst the flocks 

 of Dunlins with which it associates. It stands 

 higher on the legs than the Dunlin, has a longer 

 and more curved bill, and when flying may be dis- 

 tinguished by the white upper tail-coverts. I have 

 notes of two shot in Kimmeridge Bay; one at 

 Weymouth the same year (1873) in a plumage in- 

 termediate between summer and winter; one at 

 the same place the following year by Mr. Turner ; 

 one at Weymouth Backwater, the breast and under 

 parts dark chestnut with very little white ; six pro- 

 cured at one shot in Poole harbour in 1880; two 

 seen in Kimmeridge Bay in 1880; and one shot 

 in summer plumage in August 1886 (E. Hart). 



