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PLATE CCIV. 



SCHINTZ SANDPIPER. 



TBTNGA SCHINTZII. 



The Schintz Sandpiper has been included in the list of 

 British Birds since the occurrence of a specimen that was 

 killed near Stoke Heath in Shropshire, and which is still 

 preserved in the collection of Sir Rowland Hill, as we are 

 informed by Mr. Eyton. 



It is most certainly a very rare visitant in Great Britain, 

 and is nowhere in Europe plentiful. 



According to some continental ornithologists, this Sand- 

 piper is generally seen in company with the purre or dunlin, 

 the stints, &c, but very seldom in flocks of its own species. 

 In Denmark, Holstein, and Schleswig, and along the borders 

 of the North Sea and Baltic, it is not very uncommon, and 

 several pairs may there be found to breed in company, 

 particularly on the Island of Riigen. 



The general appearance of the Schintz Sandpiper is not 

 very different from that of the Dunlin, but its larger size 

 when the birds are both on the ground together, will be a 

 great assistance to the naturalist in singling it out ; its 

 movements resemble those of most others of its genus, it 

 runs with ease, and its flight is exceedingly quick, and where 

 there are several together on the wing, they fly in a compact 

 body. 



