212 AVES GRALLATORES. [TRINGA. 



eight lines and a half or nine lines; of the naked part of the tibia four 

 lines and a half; of the tail one inch nine lines ; from the carpus to the 

 end of the wing three inches nine lines : breadth, wings extended, eleven 

 inches eight lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Winter plumage.) All the upper parts deep brown, with 

 dusky streaks on the shafts of the feathers : throat white ; breast and 

 front of the neck cinereous brown; belly, vent, and under tail-coverts, 

 pure white : tail cuneated ; the four middle feathers cinereous brown ; the 

 others whitish ; the two outer ones on each side nearly pure white : bill 

 dusky : legs olivaceous brown. (Summer plumage.) ** Upper parts black, 

 all the feathers broadly edged with deep ferruginous: throat white; fore- 

 head, breast, and fore part of the neck, reddish ash, with very small longi- 

 tudinal black spots ; the rest of the under parts, and outer tail-feathers, 

 pure white ; the two middle tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with deep 

 ferruginous." TEMM. (Young of the year, before the first moult.) Upper 

 parts cinereous brown, palest on the nape ; all the feathers, those on the 

 nape excepted, with a double edging of dusky brown and yellowish white : 

 throat white ; over the eyes a whitish streak ; breast and sides of the 

 neck cinereous gray, with a faint tinge of reddish; rest of the under parts 

 white; tail-feathers, the outer one excepted, tipped with reddish: bill and 

 legs somewhat paler than in the adult. (Egg.) Unknown. 



A rare, and only an occasional, visitant in this country. Montagu's 

 specimen was killed on the south coast of Devonshire. Others have been 

 since met with in Sussex and Norfolk. Frequents the borders of lakes 

 and rivers. Probably breeds in high northern latitudes. Food, insects 

 and worms. 



209. T. minuta, Leisl. (Little Stint.) Bill straight, 

 shorter than the head : tail doubly forked, the outer feathers 

 cinereous brown edged with whitish : tarsus ten lines and 

 a half. 



T. minuta, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 624. Little Stint, Sew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 107. Minute Tringa, Selb. Illust. vol. n. 

 p. 147. pi. 27*. f. 3,&4. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches : length of the bill eight lines and 

 a half; of the tarsus ten lines and a hall. 



DESCRIPT. (Winter plumage.) All the upper parts cinereous brown, 

 with the shafts of the feathers dusky : a brown streak between the bill 

 and the eye ; above the eyes another indistinct one of white ; sides of the 

 breast cinereous, tinged with brown ; throat, fore part of the neck, middle 

 of the breast, and all the other under parts, pure white : the outer tail- 

 feathers cinereous brown, edged with whitish; the two middle ones brown: 

 bill and legs black. (Summer plumage.) Crown black, the feathers edged 

 with reddish brown; forehead and eye-streak somewhat paler than the 

 rest of the head ; throat white ; cheeks, sides of the neck, and sides of the 

 breast, pale reddish spotted with brown; middle of the breast, and all the 

 under parts, pure white : feathers on the back, scapulars, wing-coverts, 

 rump, and two middle tail-feathers, deep black, all broadly edged and 

 tipped with bright red brown ; the outer tail-feathers cinereous brown, 

 edged lighter. (Young of the year, before the first moult.) " Crown of 

 the head dusky, the feathers edged with yellowish red ; forehead, eye- 

 streak, throat, front of the neck, middle of the breast, and other under 



