338 limicoljE. 



Islands (Blakiston, Am. List Birds of Japan, p. 37) . Dr. Henderson 

 obtained it (for the first time in Japan") at Hakodadi in October 

 1857 (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1858, p. 196), and there 

 are several examples in the Swinhoe collection from the same locality 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455). There are ten examples in the Pryer 

 collection from Yokohama, and Mr. Ringer procured it at Nagasaki. 

 The Little Stint breeds on the tundras of Lapland and Siberia, 

 passing the British coasts as well as those of Japan on its migrations. 

 Eastern examples differ in summer plumage from Western ones. 



342. TRINGA SUBMINUTA. 



(MIDDENDORFFS STINT.) 



Tringa subminuta, Middendorff, Eeise in Nord. u. Ost. Sibir. ii. p. 222 (1853). 



MiddendorfE's Stint is a small bird (wing from carpal joint less 

 than 4 inches) , with pale legs and toes, and grey outer tail-feathers. 



Figures : Middendorff, Reise Nord. Ost. u. Sibir. ii. pi. 19. fig. 6. 



Middendorff s Stint is a visitor on migration to the Japanese coasts. 

 Mr. Snow obtained it on the Kurile Islands (Blakiston, Am. List 

 Birds of Japan, p. 87), and there are several examples in the Swinhoe 

 collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455), and I have 

 six examples collected by Mr. Henson in the same locality between 

 the 30th of August and the 19th of September. There is only one 

 example in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. 



Middendorff's Stint breeds in Eastern Siberia, and winters in the 

 islands of the Malay Archipelago. 



343. TRINGA PYGMiEA. 

 (SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER.) 



Platalea pygmeea, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 231 (1766). 



The Spoon-billed Sandpiper resembles the Red-throated Stint in 

 size, colour, and seasonal variations of plumage ; but its bill is three 

 times as wide near the tip as it is at the base. 



Figures : Harting, Ibis, 1869, pi. 18 (summer plumage) ; Gray, 

 Genera of Birds, iii. pi. 153. fig. 1 (winter plumage). 



