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and the centre rectrices black ; remainder, light brown, 

 enclosed by a zone of black, and edged with white. 

 Length, about eight inches. The adult sexes are alike in 

 colouration. 



Olittle Stint. 



THE Little Stint (Tringa minuta, Leisler) is a fairly common 

 coasting migrant in spring and autumn, and inhabits the 

 North-western Palearctic Region. The adult in summer 

 has the general colour of the upper parts blackish-brown, 

 with chestnut margins on the feathers ; the chestnut on 

 the upper tail-coverts is, however, scarcely discernible ; 

 primaries, brown ; greater wing-coverts, tipped with white, 

 forming a white bar across the wings ; two central rectrices, 

 blackish-brown, narrowly margined with chestnut; rest of 

 tail-feathers, grey ; under parts, white, tinged with buff on 

 the breast, the latter being faintly spotted with brown ; 

 irides, hazel; bill, legs, and feet, black. Length, between 

 five and six inches. 



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