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Newman's edition of Montagu's Dictionary, led me to think that it 

 would prove to be a second British specimen of that species — a 

 supposition the accuracy of which was kindly tested and established 

 by Mr. Rodd and Mr. Vingoe, to whom I sent it for inspection. The 

 specimen is now in my possession. It is a male bird, and as far as I 

 can judge, in full plumage, which is of a very much darker shade 

 throughout than that of Tringa minuta. The measurements and 

 description generally correspond pretty nearly with those of Mr. 

 Vingoe's specimen, as given in Newman's Dictionary, though the 

 differences between the species in question and the two British species 

 appear perhaps to be a little more pronounced in my specimen than 

 in his. One point alone of actual dissimilarity may be noticed, and 

 this may be very likely owing to a diversity of age or sex. In his 

 specimen the legs were grayish yellow ; in mine they are greenish 

 gray, strongly inclining to the former tint. I think the occurrence of 

 the bird may most probably be attributed to the prevalence of south- 

 westerly gales, of which we had had a succession for many days 

 previously. — Marcus S. C. Rickards ; Clifton , December 10, 1869.] 



[Two distinct species go by the name of American stint, Tringa 

 Wilsonii and Ereunetes petrijicatus, will Mr. Rickards kindly say to 

 which of these his specimen belongs. — Edward Newman.] 



Schinzs Sandpiper. — Two specimens killed on Hayle estuary, in 

 October, 1846, by Mr. Vingoe. This is an extremely rare British 

 bird, and Mr. Yarrell refers to one only having been killed, and that 

 in Shropshire. It is very nearly allied to the dunlin, but its white 

 rump and shorter bill, and also the absence of the black patch on the 

 breast in summer, are distinguishing characters. (See 'Zoologist,' 

 1846, p. 1554). 



Pectoral Sandpiper. — Scilly, I quote the words of Mr. Yarrell in 

 reference to the capture of this interesting species in Cornwall : — " Mr. 

 D. W. Mitchell, of Penzance, sent me in June, 1840, a coloured 

 drawing of the natural size, and a fully detailed description with 

 measurements, of a sandpiper, shot by himself on the 27th of the 

 previous month, while the bird was resting on some sea-weed within a 

 ievf yards of the water on the rocky shore of Annet, one of the un- 

 inhabited islands of Scilly. On the following day another example was 

 seen, but became so wild after an unsuccessful shot that it took off to 

 another island and escaped altogether. The close accordance of the 

 specimen obtained with the description of Tringa pectoralis in summer 

 plumage in the fourth part of M. Temrainck's ' Manual,' led Mr. 



