I'.RIIISH BIRDS. 83 



THE LITTLE STINT. 



LITTLE SANDPIPER. 



(Tritiga Miuuta, Leisler. ftccasscau cchasses, 

 Temm.) 



THIS bird, one of the least of the Sandpiper tribe, 

 weighs twelve pennyweights troy; length nearly 

 six inches; breadth rather more than eleven; the 

 bill, to the corners of the mouth, is five-eighths of 

 an inch. The feathers on the crown of the head 

 are black, edged with rusty: it is marked, like 

 most of the genus, by a light streak over each eye, 

 and a dark spot below and before them : the throat, 

 fore part of the neck, and belly, are white ; and the 

 breast is tinged with pale reddish yellow: the 

 shoulders and scapulars black, edged with white 

 on the exterior webs of each feather, and on the 

 interior with rust: back and tail dusky: legs slen- 

 der, and nearly black. This figure and description 

 were taken from a young bird, shot by the, late 

 Robert Pearson, Esq., of Newcastle, on the loth of 

 Sept. 1 80 1. 



