BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



margined with reddish brown or white; greater 

 wing-coverts ash-grey ; rump and upper tail- coverts 

 white, tinged with red, with crescentic bars of black 

 and edged with white ; chin, neck, breast and belly 

 nearly uniform rich reddish chesnut; flanks, vent 

 and under tail- coverts white, tinged with red and 

 spotted with black. 



The young bird of the year in autumn has the 

 upper surface of the body ash-grey, each feather 

 with two narrow half-circular bands near the end, 

 the first greyish black, the ultimate band buffy 

 white, later in the season pure white ; the neck 

 white, streaked with grey ; the breast dull white, 

 tinged with reddish buff. 



Both of these latter descriptions are taken from 

 Yarrell, who also says that the eggs are described 

 as being of a light yellowish brown, marked at the 

 larger end with grey and reddish spots, forming 

 more or less a sort of zone, and but little spotted 

 towards the point. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT, Tringa Temminckii. I include 

 this bird in the Somersetshire list on the authority 

 of Colonel Montagu, who says, under the title 

 " Sandpiper, Little," " Six of these birds were 

 observed by Mr. Anstice in September, 1805, at the 

 mouth of the Brue, near Bridgwater, four of which 

 he shot, but was unable to obtain more than one (on 

 account of the softness of the mud), and that has 

 been kindly added to our collection ; the other two 



