TRINGINJS. 355 



THE DUNLIN. 



Length, 7'5 ; wing, 4'5 ; tail, T9 ; tarsus, 1 ; bill at front, 1'25. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs greenish- dusky. 



In winter plumage, above, with the lores and cheeks ashy- 

 brown, the shafts of the feathers dark, and those of the upper 

 parts edged paler ; supercilia and sides of the forehead whitish- 

 ashy ; lesser and median-coverts brown, edged with ashy ; quills 

 deep brown, with a pale edging ; middle tail-feathers dark-brown, 

 the laterals ashy and edged with white ; throat white ; breast 

 whitish-ashy with a few brown streaks ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts pure white. 



In summer the head is black, the upper plumage much mixed 

 with ferruginous and brown ; the abdomen pure black ; and the 

 breast white and spotted. 



The Dunlin occurs as a fairly common cold weather visitant to 

 the Kurrachee Harbour. 



Tringa minuta, Leisl 



884. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 690 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 17; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 

 Vol. IX, p. 429 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 251 ; 

 Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 134. 



THE LITTLE STINT. 



Length, 6 ; wing, 3*8 ; tail, 1'5 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill at front, 0'7. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs black. 



All the upper parts ashy-brown, the shafts dusky ; a broad 

 streak from the gape to the eye, and a whitish supercilium ; the 

 two central tail-feathers brown, the outer ones ashy-brown, edged 

 with whitish ; throat, foreneck, middle of the breast, and all the 

 under parts pure white ; the sides of the breast ashy- brown. 



In summer, the head, and upper parts, with the two central 

 tail-feathers become black, broadly edged and tipped with rufous 

 brown ; and the cheeks, sides of neck, and breast reddish. 



The Little Stint is more or less common in suitable localities 

 throughout the district. It only occurs as a cold weather 

 visitant. 



Tringa temmincki, Leisl. 



885. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 691 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 17 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 

 Vol. IX, p. 429 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 251. 



THE WHITE-TAILED STINT. 



Length, 6 to 6'25 ; wing, 3'8 ; tail, T9 ; tarsus, 075 ; bill at 

 front, 07. 



Bill black, irides deep brown ; legs blackish. 



In winter plumage, all the upper parts brown, with dusky 

 streaks in the centres of the feathers, the four central tail-feathers 

 ashy-brown, the others whitish, and the two outermost ones 



