AMERICAN STINT. 



TRINGA MINUTILLA, Vieillot. 



Tringa minutilla^ Vieill. Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. xxxiv. 

 p. 466; Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 396; Dresser, viii. p. 51. 



Actodromas minutilla, Baird, Brewer, &^ Ridgway, Water- 

 Birds of N. Am. i. p. 236. 



Two occurrences. A bird of this species was shot by 

 Mr. Vingoe in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, on 10th October, 

 1853, and another by Mr. Rickards on Northern 

 Burrows, near Bideford, in September 1869. 



The home of this Stint is America, where it breeds in 

 the arctic and subarctic districts. In autumn it migrates 

 southwards, and spreads in winter over Central and 

 South America, as well as the West Indian Islands, 

 returning to its summer-quarters in spring. 



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