270 THE GAME BIEDS AND WILD FOWL 



being fired at, she concluded that men were not to be trusted, and she finally 

 flew away. It is sad to read that after all she returned, faithful to her beloved 

 eggs, and fell a martyr to science ! In the summer of 1895 Mr. C. E. Pearson 

 succeeded in obtaining fifteen sets of eggs of the Little Stint on the island of 

 Kolguev, between the 6th and the 15th of July. All were placed at no great 

 distance from tidal water. 



Diagnostic characters. Limonites, with the wing under 4 inches in 

 length, the bill broadest at the base, and the legs and feet black. Length, 6 inches. 



