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Tringa alpina. DUNLIN. 



Tringa alpina, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 249 (1766). 



Tringa alpina, Naum. vii. p. 426 ; Gray, p. 167 ; Harting, 



p. 49; Dresser, viii. p. 21. 

 Tringa cinclus, Macg. iv. p. 203. 

 Tringa variabilis, Hewitson, p. 364; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 81; id. 



ed. 3, iii. p. 86. 



Pelidna cinclus, Gould, iv. pis. 69, 70. 

 The Dunlin, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 658. 



Alpina = alpine. 



Common on the British coasts in winter, breeding on the 

 northern moors. A Palsearctic species, found also in North 

 America. 



Tringa minuta. LITTLE STINT. 



Tringa minuta, Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechs tern's 

 Naturg. Deutschl. pp. 74-81 (1812). 



Tringa minuta, Naum. vii. p. 391 ; Macg. iv. p. 227 ; Gray, 

 p. 168; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 66; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 70; 

 Harting, p. 49 ; Dresser, viii. p. 29. 



Actodromas minuta, Gould, iv. pi. 72. 



The Little Stint, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 643. 



Minuta = small. 



In the British Islands only met with during migration. 

 Breeds in the extreme north of Europe and Asia, and reaches 

 as far south as the Cape colony and India in winter. 



Tringa temmincki. TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



Tringa Temmincki i, Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechst. 

 Naturg. Deutschl. pp. 63-73 (1812). 



Tringa temminckii, Naum. vii. p. 483, xiii. p. 234; Macg. 

 iv. p. 232; Hewitson, p. 362; Gray, p. 169; Yarr. ed. 2, 

 iii. p. 70; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 74; Harting, p. 49. 



