356 TRINGIN^E. 



pure white ; throat white ; front of neck and breast ashy brown, 

 belly and under tail-coverts pure white. 



The White-tailed Stint is somewhat rare in the Deccan, but is 

 not uncommon in the remaining portion of our limits. Of course 

 it only occurs as a cold weather visitant. 



GENUS, Limicola, Kaup. 



Bill broad and depressed. 



Limicola platyrhyncha, Tern. 



886. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 692 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 252. 



THE BROAD-BILLED STINT. 



Length, 6'25 ; wing, 3'9 ; tail, 175 ; tarsus, 075 ; bill at front, 

 1-1. 



Bill blackish ; hides deep brown ; legs dusky. 



In winter plumage, above ashy-brown, with a rufous tint ; 

 cheeks white, spotted with brown ; quills brown ; tail brown, 

 edged with pale reddish-ashy ; neck white with brown spots : 

 the rest of the lower parts white, tinged with rufous on the sides 

 of the breast, the flanks, and under tail-coverts. 



The bill is rather long, broad, and flattened, and slightly bent 

 down at the tip. 



In summer the upper plumage is more or less black, edged 

 with rufous and buffy-white, the quills with black shafts ; the 

 breast whitish with black spots and tinged with rufous ; the rest 

 of the lower surface white. 



The Broad-billed Stint occurs not uncommonly in the Kurra- 

 chee Harbour and along the adjacent coast during the cold 

 season. 



GENUS, Calidris, Cuvier. 



Hind-toe wanting, otherwise as in Tringa ; the web at the base 

 of the toes very small. 



Calidris arenaria, Tern. 



888. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 694 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 429 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 252. 



THE SANDERLING. 



Length, 8 ; wing, 475 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0*9 ; bill at front, 1. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs black. 



In winter plumage, all the upper parts cinereous, with the 

 shafts of the feathers blackish-brown ; forehead and cheeks 

 pure white ; head and edge of the wing blackish-grey ; wing- 

 coverts broadly edged white ; primaries dusky, with the edges 

 and tips brownish ; tail deep grey, the feathers edged with white, 

 the two middle ones the darkest, all the lower parts pure white. 



