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underlying marks of olive-grey, the markings being mostly at the larger end, but also 

 pretty evenly distributed over the surface " i^. 



LIMONITES. 



Limonites, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 37 (1829); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxir. p. 537 (1896). 



The genus Limonites consists of the true Stints. Although resembling Calidris in 

 general appearance and habits, the Stints are easily distinguished by the presence of a 

 hind toe. The tarsus and culmen are about equal in length, and the former is about 

 as long as the middle toe and claw. 



Five species are known, all breeding in the sub-arctic and temperate regions of the 

 Old or New World, and migrating to the extreme south in winter. 



1. Limonites minutilla. 



Tringa minutilla, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 466 ' ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 609 ' ; 



Richm. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 526'; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. v. p. 33*; 



A. O. U. Cheek-1. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 89 ' ; Elliot, N. Amer. Shore- Birds, p. 86 '. 

 Actodromas minutilla, Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 308'; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4 



p. 47 ' ; Sumiclir. La Nat. v. p. 232 ' ; Baird, Brew., & Eidgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. 



p. 236 ". 

 Limonites minutilla, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 548 " ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. ii. 



p. 53^^ 

 Tringa subminuta minutilla, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 439 ''. 

 Tringa wilsoni, Nutt. Man. ii. p. 121 " ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253 "; 1864, p. 178"; Scl. & Salv, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 229" ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 334"; Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 37 "; 



V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 377"; Dugfes, La Nat. i. p. 142". 



Ptil. Mem. Supra brunnea, plumis medialiter nigricantibus ; uropygio et supracaudalibus nigris, his lateralibus 

 et uropygii lateribua pure albis ; rectricibus medianis nigricantibus, reliquis cineraceis ; alis dorso 

 concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus albo terminatis ; remigibus nigricantibus, rhachidibus albis ; 

 secundariis intus basin versus albis, intimis dorso concoloribus ; fronte basali et corpora subtus pure albis, 

 facie laterali et prsepectore cineraceis, rhachidibus fuscis vix notatis : rostro nigro ; pedibus olivascenti- 

 brunneis ; iride saturate brunnea. Long, tota circa 5-2, alae 3-3, caudae 1-4, culm. 0*75, tarsi 0-7. 

 (Deacr. avis adultse ex Patzcuaro. Mus. nostr.) 



Ptil. cEStiv. Supra nigricans, plumis rufo marginatis: facie laterali, gula ima et praepectore rufo lavatis, 

 medialiter nigro striatis, pectoris lateribus maculis nigris marmoratis. Long, tota circa 6-0, alae 3-5, 

 caudae 1'55, culm. O'S, tarsi 0-75. (Descr. feminae adultae ex ins. Grenada. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. North Amekica generally, breeding north of the United States 5. — Mexico.^, 

 Matamoros {J)resser''-^^^), Tampico {Bichardson^^), Rio Urique, Chihuahua, 

 Santana near Guadalajara {Lloyd ^^), HermosiUo, Sonora, Axotla, Cuajimalpa 

 (Tacubaya), Ixtapalapa (Tlalpam), Atotonilco (Huejotzingo), Huatusco {Ferrari- 

 Perez'^'^), San Pedro and San Diego {Bobinette^), Mazatlan {Grayson'', Bischoff"), 

 Manzanilla Bay {Xantus''), Zapotlan, Jalisco {Bichardson^^), Guanajuato {Duges^^), 

 Valley of Mexico {Le Strange ^^ Ferrari-Perez ^^ White ^^), near the city of 



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