Family CHARADRIIDtE. Genus Tringa. 



Subfamily Scolopacinm. 



AMERICAN STINT. 



TRINGA SUBMINUTA MINUTILLA— F/«7M 



Geographical Distribution. — British .• Very rare straggler 

 on autumn migration, but doubtless frequently overlooked. The 

 claim of this species to rank as " British '' rests on the following 

 occurrences. England : Cornwall (i example), October, 1853 ; 

 Devonshire (i example), September, 1869. Foreign: Northern 

 Nearctic region; Neotropical region in winter. Breeds in the 

 Arctic regions of America from Alaska to Labrador and New- 

 foundland, south to Nova Scotia. Passes the United States, from 

 California in the west to the Bermudas in the east, on migration, 

 a few wintering in the Southern States, but the majority in Mexico, 

 the West Indies, Central America, the Galapagos, and the north 

 of South America. 



Allied Forms. — Tritiga subminuta, an inhabitant of Eastern 

 Siberia, south of the Arctic Circle, from the valley of the Lena to 

 the coasts of the Sea of Okhotsk and Behring Island. Passes 

 through the Baikal region, the valley of the Amoor, and the 

 coasts of China and Japan on migration, and winters in the Malay 

 Archipelago, India, Ceylon, and Burma. The Old World repre- 

 sentative of the American Stint, only subspecifically distinct, and 

 completely intergrading with its New World ally. Typical 

 examples differ from the American Stint in having a larger foot 

 (length of middle toe and claw, -85 to '95 inch, instead of '8 to 

 ■85 inch). T. minuta and T. minuta ruficoUis treated of in the 

 preceding chapter. 



Time during which the American Stint may he taken. 

 — August 1st to March ist. 



