TEMMINCK 1 S STINT. 73 



GRALLATORES. SCOLOPACIDJE. 



PLATE CXCVIIL 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



TRINGA TEMMINCKII. 



This species, the smallest of the Stints that visit Great 

 Britain, has been named after Temminck, in compliment to 

 his having proved it to be a distinct species from what is 

 called the Little Stint (Tringa minutd). 



Temminck's Stint is an occasional visitant with us during 

 its spring and autumnal migrations. Its native regions are 

 the north and north-easterly parts of Europe and Asia, as 

 far as Siberia ; most plentiful in the northern provinces of 

 Russia, where it is said to breed. During the winter it 

 resides in the south of Europe and Asia, and extends over 

 the northern parts of Africa. The locality chosen by the 

 present species is the border of some lake, river, pond, or 

 salt-marsh. In the spring of the year, Temminck's Stint 

 does not migrate northward earlier than the latter end of 

 May or June, and returns again about the middle of August ; 

 its migrations are performed during the night, in small com- 

 panies, or in the suite of other Tringas. We are induced 

 to conclude, from the foregoing observations, that Tem- 

 minck's Stint is rather sensible of cold, and sociable in its 

 nature. lake most others of its family, the Temminck's Stint 

 prefers nooks and corners by the water side, where the form 



