TEMMINCK'S STINT 301 



Nest. The nest, usually situated near water, is a depres- 

 sion, scantily lined with sedges, grasses, or rushes. The 

 eggs, four in number, are pale buff shading to greenish-grey, 

 blotched with several shades of brown. The males have 

 been obtained with large incubation patches on the breast 

 (Collet), but females have been taken off the nest. 

 (Popham). 



Geographical distribution. This Stint breeds in Nor- 

 thern Europe, viz., in Norway, Sweden, and North Russia ; 

 also in Siberia. It nests somewhat locally to the north of 

 the Gulf of Bothnia (Wolley). 



Its migration in autumn extends over the European 

 Continent to the basin of the Mediterranean ; eastward 

 it may be traced over Tropical Africa and Asia, as far 

 south as India. 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Head, neck, back, 

 scapulars, and wings, greyish -brown, with darker stripes, 

 especially on the back ; primaries, brownish, except the 

 outer one on each side, which is nearly white ; wing, barred 

 with a narrow white line ; tail, brownish, except the two 

 outer pairs of feathers on either side, which are white ; 

 throat and breast, buff-brown, with darker streaks; abdo- 

 men, white. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Closely resembles the 

 winter-plumage of the Common Sandpiper (vide p. 330). 



Immature, male and female. Feathers of the back and 

 wings tipped with grey ; fore-neck tinged with fulvous- 

 grey, but no brownish streaks as in the adults ; outer tail- 

 feathers not as pure white as those of the adult. 



BEAK. Black. 



FEET. Greenish-grey. 



IRIDES. Dark brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 5*75 in. 



WING 3-8 



BEAK 0'6 



TAESO-METATABSUS 0*6 



EGG 1-1 x 0'8 in. 



