Family CHARADRIID^. Genus Tringa. 



Subfamily Scolopacinm. 



LITTLE STINT. 



TRINGA MINUTA— Zm/«n 



Geographical Distribution. — British .• Fairly common 

 visitor on spring and autumn migration, most abundant during the 

 latter period. Principally found on the eastern coast of England, 

 rarer on the south coast, and still less frequent on the east 

 coast of Scotland as far north as the Shetlands. Unknown on 

 the west coast of Scotland, and rare on the west coast of England, 

 chiefly affecting Lancashire and the Solway district. Visits 

 Ireland sparingly every autumn, most frequently on the north- 

 east and eastern coasts. Passes the Channel Islands on migra- 

 tion. Foreign : Western Palaearctic region ; Ethiopian region, 

 and Indian subregion of Oriental region in winter. Breeds 

 locally on the Arctic tundras of Europe and Asia from the 

 North Cape in the west to the Taimyr peninsula in the east, 

 including Nova Zembla and Waigatz Island. Has been found 

 breeding at Kistrand in Northern Norway, the Kola peninsula in 

 Lapland, the delta of the Petchora in Russia, the Yalmal penin- 

 sula, the valley of the Yenesay, and the Taimyr peninsula in 

 the Siberian province of Yeniseisk. Passes the coasts of 

 Europe, the valleys of the Kama and the Volga, Western Siberia, 

 and Turkestan on migration, and winters sparingly in the basin 

 of the Mediterranean, throughout Africa (including the valley of 

 the Nile and the Central Lakes), Persia, India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma. 



Allied Forms. — Tringa minuta ritficollis, an inhabitant of 

 Eastern Siberia, from the valley of the Lena to the Tchuski Land, 

 passing the Baikal region, China, and Japan on migration, and 



