THE LITTLE STINT 111 



buff, tipped with whitish; throat white; chest buff, feathers centred with 

 triangular black spots; rest of underparts creamy white. Total length 

 11 inches, eulmen 1.15, wing 6.5, tail 3.3, tarsus 1.75. 



Nest a depression in the ground among short vegetation; 

 fonr eggs form the clutch, and are of a greyish-stone colour, 

 covered with spots and blotches of brown, rather more numerous 

 at the larger end. They measure about 1.80 x 1.30 inch. They 

 nest in North America. 



Suh-family Scolopacince. 

 Genus Calidris. 

 No hind toe. Bill and tarsus equal in length. 



The Sanderling. 



Calidris arenaria. 



Arctic regions to South America, Africa, Indian Peninsula, and 

 Australia in winter. 



In winter the general colour above is light ashy grey, with whitish 

 edgings to feathers; in summer the feathers are more mottled; medium 

 wing-coverts ashy, broadly tipped with white; centre tail-feathers ashy 

 grey, blackish towards the tips, remainder duskj^ brown; a broad frontal 

 band; sides of face and under surface white. Total length 7 inches, 

 eulmen 1.05, wing 4.75, tail 1.8, tarsus 0.9. 



Nest a depression on the ground lined with grass. The clutch 

 is four, and they are olive-buff in colour, with numerous 

 markings of olive-brown, generally most plentiful at the larger 

 end. 



They nest in the Arctic regions. 



Genus Pisobia. 

 Hind toe present. Bill as long as tarsus. Tarsus as long as 

 mid toe with claw. 



The Little Stint. 



PisoMa {Limonites) ruficollis. 



Eastern Siberia to Australia in winter. 



In winter plumage the general colour above is ashy brown, slightly 

 darker along the shafts; lower back blackish brown; foreneck and chest 

 white or slightly ashy; sides of lower back and lateral upper tail-coverts 

 white; tail light smoky brown, the long central feathers dark brown. 



