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Actodromas temminckii, Cripps, S. F. vii, p. 303. 

 Limonites temmincki, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv ; p. 555. 



The White-tailed Stint, Jerdon. 



Coloration in winter. Lores brown, with a white streak above 

 them, not continued above the eye : whole upper plumage almost 

 uniform greyish brown, with slightly darker shaft-stripes ; greater 

 coverts and quills dark brown, greater coverts and secondaries 

 tipped white, shaft of 1st primary white, those of other primaries 

 brown; lower back, rutnp, and middle tail-coverts dark brown, 

 sides of rump white ; middle taif- feathers dark brown, outer 

 feathers paler, outer two pairs white ; chin, throat, abdomen, and 

 lower tail-coverts white, breast light brownish grey. 



In summer the upper plumage is darker, and the edges of the 

 feathers slightly rufous ; the breast is light sandy brown, with 

 small dark spots. 



Bill black ; irides brown ; legs and feet olivaceous greenish 

 (Legge). 



Length 6 ; tail l'7o ; wing 3'75 ; tarsus '(55 ; middle toe and 

 claw *75 : bill from gape *65. 



Distribution. Throughout Europe and Asia and North Africa, 

 breeding in the extreme North of Europe and Asia, and migrating 

 to the South in winter. This Stint is very common at that season 

 throughout suitable parts of Northern India, but is less frequently 

 seen to the southward and in Burma, and is rare in Ceylon. 



Habits, &fc. Temminck's Stint arrives in India early, having been 

 recorded about Deesa in Guzerat by Butler as early as August 5th, 

 and it remains till the middle of May, assuming breeding-plumage 

 before leaving. Its habits resemble those of its allies. 



1475. Tringa acuminata. Tlie Asiatic Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Totanus acuminatus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 192 (1821). 

 Tringa acuminata, Biddulph, Ibis, 1382, p. 287 ; id. S. F. x, p. 270 ; 



Seebohm, Charadr. p. 441. 

 Heteropygia acuminata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv ? p. 566. 



Tail-feathers lanceolate and pointed, the outer pairs less 

 distinctly so. 



Coloration in winter. Supercilia and sides of head and of neck 

 white, with brown streaks ; lores and ear-coverts brown ; hind 

 neck, back, and scapulars light greyish brown, with broad dark shaft- 

 stripes ; crown similar, but more rufous ; wing-coverts and tertiaries 

 dark brown with whitish edges ; greater coverts white-tipped; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown, later secondaries edged 

 with white near their tips ; lower back, rump, middle and upper 

 tail-coverts, and median rectrices blackish brown, outer rectrices 

 lighter brown ; all tail-feathers with whitish edges ; chin, throat, 

 and abdomen white ; fore neck and breast pale brownish grey, with 

 small dark streaks : lower and lateral upper tail-coverts and lower 

 flanks white, with blackish shaft-stripes. 



