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TETNGA TEMMINCKI, Leisler. * 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



T ring a Temminckii. 



THIS diminutive Stint, named after M. Temminck, is 

 smaller than the Little Stint previously described, and is the 

 least of the British Sandpipers ; it is also rarer than the 

 Little Stint, and somewhat different in its hahits, frequent- 

 ing the borders of rivers and fresh- water lakes, although it 

 is sometimes found on the muddy creeks and sandy shores 

 of the sea. 



Although less rare on migration than was formerly sup- 

 posed, this species is far more irregular in its visits, and 

 less numerous than the Little Stint, notwithstanding that 

 its breeding-range commences at no great distance from our 



* Tringa Temminckii, Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. p. 63 

 (1812). 



