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near Boulmer Point, on the JSTorthumberland coast, such as Dun- 

 lins, Purple Sandpipers, Sanderlings, Pigmy Curlews, etc., and 

 there was one which we thought to be the Pectoral. I cannot 

 say whether it was or was not it. The person got them back, 

 he is now dead, and I do not know where the birds are now." 



26. Little Stint. P. minuta, [Leisler.) 



Tringa minuta, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 83. 

 „ „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 66. 



An autumn visitant, arriving in our district in September, but 

 not remaining over the winter. 



A specimen, in the first plumage, was shot at Prestwick Car, 

 September, 1832, by Mr. Thomas Atthey, and is now in my col- 

 lection. On the 12th of September, 1843, ]^Ii\ C. M. Adamson 

 shot one, also in the fii'st plumage, in Northumberland, And on 

 the 3rd of September, 1849, I shot an immature example on 

 Whitley Sands. Another was obtained by Mr. Eichard Howse, 

 which was killed on South Shields Sands, September, 1853. Of 

 late years I have met with it occasionally in September on the 

 sands at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. 



27. Temminck's Stint. P. Temminckii, {Leisler.) 



Tringa Temmincldi, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 70. 

 Pelidna ,, Degland et Grerbe, II., 206. 



An autumn visitant ; rare in the district. It appears in Sep- 

 tember. 



Several captures have occurred. Two were shot at Prestwick 

 Car, in September, 1832 ; they were not associated together. In 

 September, 1835, another example was obtained at the New 

 Water Pond on Newcastle Town Moor. On the 18th of June, 

 1839, a specimen, in the suuimel' plumage, was shot by the late 

 Mr. Richard Rcay, of Berwick Hill, at a horse pond in that 

 neighbourhood; and another was killed by the same gentleman, 

 at the same place, on the 9th of September, 1845. The above 

 five examples arc all in my collection. Two epccitncns in the 



