Occasional 
visitant. 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Adult 
bird. 
146 GRALLATORES. TRINGA. TRINGA, 
The Pelidna pusilla and Pelidna Temminckii of StrrHEeNns 
seem to be identical. 
This delicate little species is known to us as an occasional 
visitant during the seasons of its migration, and several in- 
stances of its capture have been given of late years. Among 
others, two are mentioned in the second volume of the Zoolo- 
gical Journal, by that distinguished naturalist Witi1am 
Yarret., Esq., which were killed near Chichester in 1826 ; 
and I have in my possession a male and female killed in 
Norfolk in May 1830. In habits it resembles the rest of 
the tribe, but frequents more the interior lakes and rivers 
than the shores of the ocean. It feeds on imsects, worms, 
and molluscous animals; and though it is supposed to retire 
for the purpose of reproduction to the higher latitudes of 
the north-eastern parts of Europe, the nest, colour of the 
egos, &c. remain still unascertained. Upon the continent it 
is found in many parts of Germany, in its favourite locali- 
ties, during the period of migration ; but its stay is short, 
and it is never known to breed there. Similar as it is in 
size and general contour to the 7'’ringa minuta, it may al- 
ways be recognised from that species by the whiteness of the 
outer feathers, and the more perfectly wedge-shaped form of 
the tail, as well as by the tarsi of this bird being considera- 
bly shorter than those of 7’. minuta. 
Piate 27.* Fig. 1. Represents the adult bird, acquiring 
the summer plumage. 
Forehead white, speckled with pale hair-brown. Between 
the bill and eyes is a dusky streak, and over the eyes 
an indistinct whitish line. Chm and throat white, with 
a few minute brown specks. Crown, nape of the neck, 
and breast, ash-grey, spotted with hair-brown, and 
tinged with wood-brown. Back, scapulars, and wing- 
coverts hair-brown, tinged with olive; several black 
feathers with reddish margins being interspersed, indi- 
cating the commencement of the vernal change. Quills 
