TRINGA. 217 



Tringa minuta. LITTLE STINT. 



Tringra minuta Leisler, Nachtrage zu. Bechst. Naturg. 

 Deutschl. 1812, p. 74 : near Hanau, Germany. 



Tringa minuta Leisl. ; B. 0. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 169 ; 



Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 585. 

 Limonites minuta Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, p. 538. 



Miniita=very small. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Bird of Passage, 

 sometimes in considerable numbers, from the end of August 

 to October and from April to June on the east coast of Great 

 Britain from the Shetland Islands southwards, but less 

 common on the south coast and irregular on the west. On 

 the north and east coasts of Ireland it is not uncommon, but 

 is rare elsewhere. 



General Distribution. The Little Stint breeds in the Arctic 

 portions of Europe and western Siberia from northern Fin- 

 mark eastwards to the Taimyr Peninsula and possibly farther 

 east ; also on Kolguev, Novaya Zemlya, Vaigach, and other 

 islands in the Arctic Ocean. In winter it visits south Africa, 

 Arabia, India, and Ceylon. It is represented in eastern 

 Siberia by T. m. ruficollii, which is found on migration in 

 Japan, China, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula and visits 

 the Moluccas and Australia. 



Tringa minutilla. AMERICAN STINT. 



Tringa minutilla Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 

 1819, p. 466 : Eastern N. America. 



Tringa minutilla Vieill; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 170; 



Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 587. 

 Limonites minutilla Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 



p. 548. 



.Jfinn<illa=]east, dimunitive of minutus small. 



