772 TRINGA 



In general habits it does not differ from T. minuta. It 

 doubtless breeds on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in North- 

 east Siberia, but its nest and eggs are as yet unknown. 



1069. LONG-TOED STINT. 

 TRINGA SUBMINUTA. 



Tringa subminuta, Middendorf, Sib. Eeise, ii. pt. 2, p. 222, Tab. xix. 

 fig. 6 (1851) ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 338 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. O. 

 p. 914 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 275 ; T. damacensis (nee. 

 Horsf.), (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 553 ; Kidgway, p. 158. 



ad. (E. Siberia). Resembles T. minuta in plumage, but differs in 

 having a much longer middle toe, in only the first primary having a white 

 shaft, and in the colour of the soft parts ; beak olive-brown, becoming 

 black towards the end ; legs olivaceous yellow, darker on the joints ; iris 

 dark brown. Culmen 0'75, wing 3*7, tail 1'55, tarsus 0'82, middle 

 toe 0'9 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hob. Eastern and North-eastern Siberia, west to the Altai ; 

 Kamchatka ; accidental in Alaska ; on migration and in winter 

 in Japan, the Kurile Islands, Corea, China, and the Indo- 

 Malayan Islands to Australia. 



In habits it does not differ from its allies. It is said to 

 breed on Bering Island and Saghalien, but its eggs are as yet 

 unknown. 



1070. AMERICAN STINT. 

 TRINGA MINUTILLA. 



Tringa minutiUa, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xxxiv. p. 466 (1819) ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 51, pi. 552, figs. 2, 3 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. p. 548 ; 

 Ridgw.'iy, p. 158 ; Saunders, p. 587 ; Lilford, v. p. 90, pi. 37 ; 

 Poynting, p. 155, pi. 34. 



$ ad. (N. America). Differs from T. minuta in being smaller, in 

 having the upper parts blacker, less marked with rufous, the hind neck 

 more ashy ; rump and upper tail-coverts brownish black, the outermost 

 feathers of the latter partly while ; the first quill only with the shaft 

 white ; greater wing-coverts margined with whitish ; throat white ; fore 

 neck aud chest ashy, streaked with brown ; rest of under parts white ; 

 bill blackish brown ; legs yellowish brown ; iris dark brown. Cul- 

 men 0'75, wing 3'35, tail 1'5, tarsus 0'72, middle toe and claw 0'75 inch. 

 Sexes alike. In winter the upper parts are dull ashy grey, streaked with 

 brownish, the breast greyish, with indistinct darker streaks, the rest of the 

 under parts white. 



