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Hob. Arctic and subarctic America in summer, migrating 

 south for the winter to South America ; of accidental occurrence 

 in the south-west of England, where it has been thrice obtained. 



In habits and food it does not differ from its European con- 

 geners, and frequents also similar localities. It breeds in 

 Arctic America and as far south as Labrador, the nest being 

 a mere depression in the ground, lined with a few dried leaves 

 and grass-bents, and the 4 eggs, which are laid late in June 

 or early in July, vary in ground-colour from light drab to 

 pale brownish, and the markings are sepia-brown or chestnut- 

 brown, and are, as a rule, more numerous at the larger end. 

 In size they measure about I'lO by 0*81. 



1071. TEMMINCK'S STINT. 

 TRINGA TEMMINCKI. 



Tringa temmincki, Leisl. Naclitrag zu Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. i. p. 64 

 (1811) ; Naum. vii. p. 483, Taf. 189 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 362, pi. ci. ; 

 Gould, B. of E. iv. pi. 333 ; (id.), B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 73 ; Dresser, 

 viii. p. 45, pis. 550 fig. 2, 551 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 555 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 473 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, iv. p. 275 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 916 ; Saunders, p. 589 ; 

 Lilford, v. p. 87, pi. 36 ; Poynting, p. 159, pi. 35. 



Btcasscau Temminck, French ; Terretita, Span. ; G-ambecchio 

 nano, Ital. ; Temmincks Strandlaufer, German ; Kleinste Strand- 

 looper, Dutch ; Temmincks Ryle, Dan. ; Temmincks Strandvibe 

 Norweg. ; Mosndppa, Swed. ; Girhi, Lapp. ; Kanyas-sirriainen, 

 Pieni-Sippi, Finn. 



< ad. (Finland). Upper parts greyish brown, the feathers with blackish 

 centres and edged with greyish rufous or greyish brown ; quills blackish 

 brown, only the first with the shaft white ; large wing-coverts tipped with 

 white ; middle tail-feathers dark brown, slightly elongated, the rest chiefly 

 white, the outermost entirely so ; sides of head greyish ; a whitish stripe 

 over the eye ; fore breast ashy grey, with a warm ochreous tinge, slightly 

 dark mottled ; rest of under parts white ; bill blackish ; legs light brown ; 

 iris dark brown. Culmen 07, wing 3 '75, tail T9, tarsus 0'65 inch. Sexes 

 alike. In winter the upper parts are greyish brown with narrow darker 

 shaft stripes, the under parts white, the breast pale brownish grey. 



Hob. Northern Europe; passing south for the winter to 

 North Africa ; Northern Asia in summer, passing through 

 Mongolia to China and India for the winter. 



Frequents the sea coast and marshes near the sea, but 

 during the breeding season it is often found on inland marshes 



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