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and habits, and, frequenting the same localities, are no doubt 
often confounded with each other. 
SCIIINZ'S AND THE FlAT-BILLED SANDPlPERS(5^r%a ScJlinZH 
and T. Platyrhjnchd). — The first of these, which is named 
after M. Schinz, a Swedish naturalist, is about seven inches 
in length, the last is somewhat smaller. They are both rare 
birds in Britain, not more than two or three specimens of 
either having been obtained here. The first is found 
chiefly in America, along the eastern coast from Florida to 
Labrador ; the last is not included among the birds of that 
continent by its ornithologists. Temminck states that this 
species extends from the north of Europe to the islands of 
the Indian Archipelago, and it is reported to occur also on 
the continent of India. It has been met with in Germany, 
France, and Italy, but is nowhere common in Europe, 
except during the breeding season, in Norway and Lap- 
land, where its habits have been observed by Mr. Dunn. 
Its nest, like that of the Snipe, is a hummocky tuft of 
grass, and its eggs of a deep chocolate colour. It is a later 
breeder than the Sandpipers generally. On being disturbed 
it soars to a great height in the air, rising and falling sud- 
denly, like the Snipe, and uttering the notes too-ivhoy 
rapidly repeated. 
Temminck's and the Little Sandpipers {Tringa Tern- 
mincJdi and T. minuta). — We have here again two very rare 
members of the genus Tringa, the first of them being the 
smallest of that genus which has a place among British birds, 
measuring generally about five inches and tliree-quartera 
in lengtli. Yarrell calls it Temminck's Stint, and says 
that it frequents the borders of rivers and fresh-water 
lakes, at a distance from the coast, like our common Sand- 
piper, but is sometimes found in the sandy or muddy 
creeks and shores of the sea. Several specimens have 
been taken in this country, but little of its habits appears to 
be known. It is said to breed on the shores of northern 
Europe. The Little Stint, as the last-named author terms 
the second of the above species, is generally about six 
inches long, and is not so rare a bird wuth us as Temminck's, 
