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178. Tringa temmincki. The White-tailed Stint. 



In honour of Coenraad Jacob Temminok, Keeper of the Leyden Museum, b. 1778, d. 1858. 



(J 6" to 6 J". Bill ^y, black. Legs greenish. — In tcinter : Above brown, 

 with dusky streaks. Four central tail-feathers ash-brown, six outer tail-feathers 

 white. Laterals, throat, belly, and under-tail pure white. — In summer : Breast 

 sandy, with small dark spots. Shaft of first primary white, of others brown. 

 Mid toe and claw f". N. Europe and Asia, migrating south. Common in 

 N. India from August till May. Eggs (1-15 x 0-85) green, spotted red and brown. 

 (J. 885. B. 1474.) 



Also T, minutilla. Similar to T. minuta. 5 J". From N. to S. America. 



179. Tringa acuminata. The Asiatic Pectoral Sandpiper. 



(J 7" to SJ". Bill IxV'j hlack. Legs yellow. Tail-feathers lanceolate and 

 pointed. — In summer: Crown and above broadly margined bright rufous. Upper 

 throat unspotted. — In winter : All tail-feathers with white edges. Chin, throat, 

 and abdomen white. N.E. Siberia and Alaska, migrating to China, Japan, 

 Malayan Archipelago, Australia, and New Zealand. A single specimen was shot 

 at Gilgit on 1st August. (B. 1475. S.F. v. 344.) 



Also T. maculata. 8". The American Pectoral Sandpiper. 

 T. bairdi. 6J". From N. to S. America. 



T. fuscicolUs. 7" to 9i". Buonaparte's Sandpiper. From E.K America and W. Indies 

 to S. America. 



180. Tringa crassirostris. The Easteen Knot. 

 $ llj" to 12". ? wy to 12". Legs dusky. Bill IJ" to 2", black.— 7« 

 winter : Breast mottled, brown spots heart-shaped. Above ashy, tipped white. — 

 In summer : Breast-feathers black, with white cross-band. From Siberia migrating 

 by China and Japan to the Malayan Archipelago and Australia, wandering to 

 "W. India and the Laccadives. (B. 1476. S.F. i. 240.) 



Also T. canutus. 10"- The Knot, really the Knnt, from the king whose courtiers forgot 

 the double tide in Southampton Water; the Latinisation of his name gives the specific Canutus. 

 Flight strong and straight, and always alights head to wind. Back black, with chestnut spots. 

 Upper tail-coverts white, with black bands. Axillaries white, with brown bars. 



(ii.) Bill curved downwards near the tip. 



181. Tringa subarquata. The Curlew Stint. 



Subarquata=a little like a Curlew, Arquata. 



(? 8" to 8f". Legs grey. Bill 1^", black. — In winter: Face, throat, and 

 beneath white. Brown streak from gape to eye. Above ashy brown, with dark 

 shaft stripes. Upper tail-coverts chiefly white. "White ring barred with black 

 round base of tail. — In summer: Crown, neck, back, and scapulars rufous, with 

 black shaft stripes. Upper and lower tail-coverts with black spots. Below chest- 

 nut. Nesting in Arctic regions and wintering in Africa, India, and Australia. 

 Accidental in N. America and W. Indies. (J. 882. B. 1477.) 



Also the genus Arqiiatella. One species— .i4. maritima, 74", the Black Sandpiper, breeding 

 in Arctic Europe and N.E. America, and ranging south in winter on coasts of temperate 

 Europe and America. Also two subspecies — A. couesi, 7i", replacing A. maritima in W.N. 

 America ; and A. ptilocnemis, GJ", from Pribylov Islands. 

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