218 THE BIRDS OF CORNWALL. 



in the British Isles ; breeds abundantly north of the Arctic circle 

 and as far south as St. Petersburg ; in winter visits North Africa. 



Pectoral Sandpiper ; an accidental visitor from the 

 American continent ; one shot at Scilly in May, 1840, five in 

 Sej)tember, 1870, one in September, 1883, and one in 1890; one 

 obtained at Gryllyngvase, Fahnouth, in the late forties. 



Bonaparte's Sandpiper ; an accidental visitor from North 

 America, of which two were shot near Hayle in 1846; one at 

 Scilly, October, 1854 ; another in October, 1870 ; and one at the 

 Lizard a few days later. 



Dunlin ; resident, breeding very sparingly on the Bodmin 

 Moors ; large flocks of foreign birds frequent our estuaries dur- 

 ing the greater part of the year, but especially in winter ; breeds 

 very sparingly in south and central England, but commonly in 

 Scotland ; its head breeding quarters lie far within the Arctic 

 circle. 



Little Stint ; a rare passing visitor in spring and autumn, 

 in the west and at Scilly ; Hayle and Swanpool seem to be the 

 most favoured localities ; chief breeding grounds are in northern 

 Siberia, but it nests sparingly in northern Europe ; large num- 

 bers winter in the extreme south of Africa. 



American Stint ; an accidental visitor, breeding in Labra- 

 dor and in winter visiting south America ; one shot on Marazion 

 Marsh in October, 1853, and one near Penzance in Sept., 1890 ; 

 only four examples been recorded for the United Kingdom. 



Temminck's Stint ; a casual visitor in autumn at Marazion 

 Marsh and Scilly; one specimen shot nearDevoran, 1899; breeds 

 in northern Europe be3'ond the limit of tree growth ; numbers 

 winter around the Mediterranean, others go much further south. 



Curlew Sandpiper ; a not uncommon passing visitor in 

 early autumn ; frequent at Scilly, Hayle, and the west of the 

 county generally, but evidently rare elsewhere ; a flock of about 

 thirty birds of the year in buff-white and gray seen on the Camel, 

 near Wadebridge in the second week in September, 1900 ; once 

 reported from Bade Haven ; breeds in northern Siberia east of 

 the Yenesei ; in winter has been found in Cape Colony. 



Purple Sandpiper ; a fairly common winter visitor on our 

 south coast; often abundant outside Falmouth harbour; an 



