SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 79 



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SCHINZ'S SANDPIPER. 



Tringa Schinzii. 



Tringa Schinzii, Schinz's Sandpiper, EYTON'S Fauna of Shropshire, An. 



Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 53. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Becasseau de Schinze, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 401. 



MR. EYTON, in his Fauna of Shropshire, says that a 

 specimen of this Sandpiper killed near Stoke Heath is in 

 the collection of Lord Hill. The specimen was lent to 

 Mr. Gould, who says, " We have compared the individual 

 from which our figure is taken with others killed in 

 America, between which we could discover no difference ; 

 its shorter bill and white rump will at all times serve to 

 distinguish it from the other European members of the 

 group." E. H. Rodd, Esq. has recorded its occurrence 

 in Cornwall. 



Another example in the Museum at Belfast, there is 

 reason to believe, was killed in Ireland. 



This Sandpiper, named after M. Schinz, the distinguished 



