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DUNLIN. Tringa alpina, Linnseus. 



Resident, yet migratory in spring and autumn. 

 Breeds in Northumberland, Scotland, the Hebrides, 

 and Shetland. The nest has also been found in Corn- 

 wall*; and the species used formerly to breed at 

 Martin Mere, an extensive tract of water and swamp 

 in Lancashire f . 



LITTLE STINT. Tringa minuta, Leisler. 



A spring and autumn migrant. A few instances 

 have come under my notice in which this bird has 

 remained in England as late as the second week in 

 June. 



It is sparingly distributed on the eastern coasts of 

 Scotland, but has not been met with on the western 

 shores. It appears in Ireland as a regular autumnal 

 visitant, but in limited numbers. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. Tringa temmincMi, Leisler. 



A spring and autumn migrant, but much rarer than 

 the last named. It has been met with once only in 

 Scotland;};, and once in Ireland . 



SANDERLINGr. Calidris arenaria (Linngeus). 



A spring and autumn migrant, a few remaining 

 throughout the winter. On the west coast of Scotland 



* Rodd, ' Zoologist,' 1868, p. 1319. 



t Berry, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, vol. vii. p. 599. 



J Gray, ' Birds of West of Scotland,' p. 321. 



Thompson, ' Nat. Hist. Ireland ' (Birds), vol. ii. p. 302. 



