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THING A. 



Literature. 



Geographi- 

 cal distribu- 

 tion. 



Plates. — Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 37. fig. 4; Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 552. figs. 2, 3. 

 Habits. — Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 213. 

 Eggs. — Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 31. fig. 5. 



The differences between the American Stint and Middendorff's Stint have already 

 been pointed out. The former breeds in the arctic regions of the western hemisphere 

 from Alaska to Labrador. It passes through the United States and the Bermudas (Reid, 

 Zoologist, 1877, p. 476) on migration, a few remaining to winter in the Southern States, 

 but the greater number passing southwards to winter in Mexico, the West Indies, Central 

 America, the Galapagos Archipelago (Dr. Habel, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 504), and the 

 northern portions of South America. 



Diagnosis. 



TRINGA PYGM^A. 



SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



Tiunga rostro prope apicem quam ad basin valde latiore. 



Variations. J T i s a somewhat remarkable fact that no intermediate form between this species and any 

 of its allies has been discovered. 



Synonymy. Platalea pygmaea, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 140 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 231 (1766). 



Eurinorhynchus griseus, Nilsson, Orn. Suec. ii. p. 29 (1821). 

 Euxinorhynchus pygmaeus {Linn.), Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 979. 

 Eurhynorhynchus orientalis, Blyth, Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 178 (1844). 

 Tringa pygmaea (Linn.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 27 (1864). 



