392 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



It resembles T. mmuta in having the outer tail-feathers brown, but differs 

 in having the shafts of all the primaries brown except that of the first quill, 

 which is dull white. From T. temmincki it may be separated by the colour 

 of its outer tail-feathers as well as by its long toes. 



I agree with Major Legge in thinking T. subminuta the proper name for 

 this species. T. ruficollis and T. salina of Pallas most probably refer to 

 the species usually passing current as T. albescens, and Horsfield's name 

 T. damacensis is of doubtful application. 



The Long-toed Stint is very abundant throughout Pegu in the winter 

 months, arriving as early as the 7th of August, at which date I have shot 

 it in full summer plumage. Mr. Blyth records it from Arrakan ; and 

 Mr. Davison procured it in Tenasserim, where, however, it does not appear 

 to be very abundant. 



It is found, according to season, from North-eastern Siberia, Amoorland 

 and Japan, through China and Mongolia to Burmah, extending on the 

 west to Bengal, the eastern coast of India and Ceylon, and ranging 

 southwards to the Malay peninsula, Java, Borneo, Celebes and the Philip- 

 pines. 



This Stint appears to be confined to inland waters, frequenting the 

 banks of ponds and more usually flooded paddy-fields and pools of water. 

 I have invariably met with it in large flocks of twenty individuals or more. 

 Judging from the early date of its arrival in Burmah, its breeding-haunts 

 cannot be very far north. 



734. TRINGA TEMMINCKI. 

 TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



Tringa temminckii, Leisl. Nacht. zu Bechst. Naturg. Deutsch. i. p. 63 ; Jerd. B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 691 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 45, pi. ; Hume, 8. F. i. p. 244, iii. p. 183 ; 

 Bl. B. Burm. p. 156; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 473; Anders. Yunnan 

 Exped. p. 680 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 461 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 113 ; Scully, 

 S. F. viii. p. 357 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 892 ; Oates, 8. F. x. p. 240. Acto- 

 dromas temminckii, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 324. 



Description. Winter plumage. The whole upper plumage from the fore- 

 head to the tail-coverts, the sides of the face and of the neck, and the 

 breast uniform pale ashy brown, the shafts only of the feathers being 

 darker ; wing-coverts brown tipped with ashy, the greater series tipped 

 with white ; quills brown, the shaft of the first primary white, those of the 

 others hair-brown; secondaries tipped with white; central pair of tail- 

 feathers dark brown, the next paler, the next two pairs albescent, and the 

 outer two pairs pure white ; forehead and feathers in front of the eye 

 whitish ; chin, throat and all the lower plumage except the breast white. 



