406 CHAEADRIIDa; TEINGA 



747. Tringa bairdi. Baird's Sandpiper. 



Actodromus bairdi, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1861, p. 194. 



Tringa bairdi, Harting, Ibis, 1870, pp. 151-2 [Walvisch Bay] ; Ourney, 

 in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 308 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 

 a. Afr. p. 682 (1884) ; Seehohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 444, with 

 fig. of tail (1888) ; Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 232 (1900). 



Heteropygia bairdi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, p. 570 (1896). 



Description. Adult Male. — General colour above dusky, with 

 darker centres to the feathers and with paler edges and tips, espe- 

 cially on the secondaries and primaries ; quills dusky, almost black, 

 ashy on the inner webs ; tail uniform brown, the two centre feathers 

 darker with dark shafts, the others paler brown with white shafts. 

 Below white, chest isabelline, finely streaked with dusky centres to 

 the feathers ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; those near 

 the edge of the wing with slight brown mottling. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet slaty-black. 



Length about 7-0 ; wing 5-20 ; tail 1-90 ; culmen -85 to 1"10 ; 

 tarsus -85. 



In the breeding plumage this bird is more brightlj' coloured, 

 having a good deal of bright rufous edging to the feathers of the 

 upper surface and the spots and streaks on the breast band very 

 much more numerous and distinct. 



Distribution.— 3a,irdL's Sandpiper is an American bird which 

 breeds in Alaska and the Valley of the Mackenzie Eiver, and pass- 

 ing south on migration, winters in South America as far south as 

 Chili. It has only once occurred within our limits, or ever, so far 

 as I am aware, in the Old World. An example was obtained by 

 Andersson at Walvisch Bay on October 24, 1863, and was identified 

 and described by Harting. . 



748. Tringa minuta. Little Stint. 



Tringa minuta, Leisl. in Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. NacMr. i, p. 74 

 (1812) ; Ourney, Ibis, 1865, p. 272 [Natal] ; 1868, p. 469 ; Layard, 

 B. S. Afr. p. 331 (1867) ; Sharpe and Dresser, B. Eur. viii, p. 29, 

 pis. 549-52 ■ (1871) ; Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 310 

 (1872) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 86 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 301, 1880, 

 p. 268, 1885, p. 348 ; Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 425 ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 681 (1884) ; Seehohm, Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 435, with fig. (1888) ; Flec7{, Journ. Ornith. 1894, 



