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TEINGA TEMMINCKI. 



(TEMMINCK'S STINT.) 



Tringa pusilla, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 737 (1790, nee Linn.). 



Tringa temmincMi, Leisler, Nachtrag zu Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. ii. p. 75 (1811). 



Pelidna temmincMi, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 979. 



Leimoneites temmincMi, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 37 (1829). 



Temminck' s Stint, White-tailed Sandpiper, English ; Becasseau Temminck, French ; Pioranello 

 nano, Italian ; Temminck's Strandlaufer, German ; Meinste Strandlooper, Dutch ; Tem- 

 minck's Strandlceber, Danish; Temminck's Strandvipa, Swedish; Temminck 's Strandvibe, 

 Norwegian. 



Figure notabiles. 



Temm. PI. Col. v. pi. 41. fig. 1 (1823) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. vii. Taf. 189 ; Gould, B. of 

 Eur. iv. pi. 333 ; Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 647 ; Kjaerb. Orn. Dan. Afb. xxxv. p. 4 ; Schl. Vog. 

 Nederl. pi. 234; Sundev. Svensk. Fogl. pi. xliii. fig. 5; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 38. fig. 12. 

 Gould, B. Gr. Br. part xvii. 



c? (Bstiv. supra grisescens, plumis medialiter nigris rufo marginatis : fronte et supercilio antico cum genis 

 albidis, his postice rufo tinctis : tectricibus alarum minimis saturate brunneis, medianis et majoribus 

 magis grisescentibus, his albido terminatis fasciam alarem distinctam formantibus : remigibus brunneis 

 versus apicem nigricantibus, rhachidibus brunneis, remigis primi rhachide alba excepta; secundariis 

 minoribus albo terminatis, pennis dorsalibus longissimis grisescenti-brunneis : cauda, alba, rectricibus 

 quatuor centralibus brunneis exceptis, penna extima, alba, duabus proximis plus minusve cineraceo 

 notatis : subtiis albus, pectore summo paullo cinerascente vix rufescente, lineis brunneis longitudinaliter 

 notato : rostro nigricante : pedibus flavo-brunneis : iride saturate brunnea. 



d hiem. supra griseo-brunnescens, dorso postico et uropygio nigricantibus : fronte genisque albicantibus : 

 tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, majoribus albo marginatis, fasciam alarem distinctam forman- 

 tibus : remigibus et cauda ut in ptilosi sestiva coloratis : subtus albus, pectore summo grisescenti- 

 brunneo. 



3 juv. grisescenti-brunnescens, corporis superioris plumis marginibus fulvescentibus variis, subtus albus, 

 pectore summo grisescenti-brunneo. 



Summer plumage. Upper surface dark greyish brown, with obscure blackish centres to the feathers, giving 

 a mottled appearance, most of the feathers edged with rufous ; forehead and feathers in front of the eye 

 and cheeks whitish, indistinctly streaked with brownish ; feathers between the bill and the eye, ear- 

 coverts, and sides of the neck brown, with a rufous tinge, and streaked with darker brown ; least 

 wing-coverts dark brown, and greater and median coverts rather paler, with obscure edgings of grey or 

 rufous, the greater ones tipped with white, forming an alar bar; quills blackish brown, the shafts 

 brown, excepting that of the outer feather, which is white, the small secondaries edged near the base and 

 conspicuously tipped with white, the long ones glossy greenish brown with rufous edgings ; tail almost 



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