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LITTLE STINT. 



LITTLE SANDPIPER. BROWN SANDPIPER. MINUTE DUX LIN. 

 LEAST SNIPE. 



Tringa pusiHa, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Pelidna minutn, STEPHENS. 



Tringa ? Pusilla Small little. 



THIS bird was first described as British by Pennant, from 

 a specimen killed in Cambridgeshire. They are now frequently 

 noticed on the southern and eastern coasts in flocks of thirty, 

 forty, or fifty in Devonshire, Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and 

 also on those of Yorkshire and Durham. They have likewise 

 been observed on the Lancashire shore, and on the banks of 

 the Solway Firth. Two were obtained at Scilly the first 

 week in September, 1851. It is uncommon in Cornwall, met 

 with at Pennance, Gwyllyn Vase, and Swanpool, near Falmouth. 



In Scotland one is recorded by Mr. T. Edward, of Banff, 

 in 'The Naturalist' for February, 1855, to have been obtained 

 at Fraserburgh, on the 26th. of September, 1854. 



In Ireland they occur annually near Belfast, as recorded 

 by the late William Thompson, Esq., of that place, also near 

 Dublin, but unusually. 



In Orkney one was killed by William Strang, Esq., in 

 October, 1837, and another was seen by him in 1848. 



In Europe they are found in Sweden, Germany, Holland, 

 Dalmatia, Italy, and France; also in Africa, both north and 

 south; and in Asia in Persia, India, and the neighbourhood 

 of the Caucasian Mountains. 



The Stint most frequently is found along the shores of the 

 sea, but also on the banks of rivers and lakes. 



