SCHINTZ’s SANDPIPER. 
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Schintz’s Sandpiper, Tringa Schintzii T. 
Sehintzii , Bonap. ( notBrhem .) — Schintz's Sandpiper, 
Yarrell, Gould, and modem British authors. — Like 
the two last, this bird is very rare to our fauna, one 
British specimen only being on record, killed near 
Stoke Heath in Shropshire, and preserved in the 
collection of Sir Rowland Hill. This was made 
known to the public by Mr. Eyton, in his fauna of 
the above mentioned county.* We have very little 
knowledge of its distribution in Europe, and consider 
America as its stronghold ; and though, from the ac- 
counts of American writers, the species does not ap- 
pear very uncommon in that country, yet specimens 
are obtained with difficulty in England, and, on this 
account, we have to borrow our description. They 
appear to extend to the Arctic Circle on the one side, 
and to Florida on the other, but their regular breed- 
ing stations have not hitherto been marked. By the 
Prince of Canino they are said to “ frequent marshy 
shores, and the borders of lakes and brackish waters. 
They are very social even in the breeding time, and 
are then by no means shy. During autumn they j oin 
company even with different birds, and become very 
wild. Their form resembles that of Tringa alpina, 
but is more feeble.” t Audubon again says, “ I have 
always found these birds gentle, and less shy than 
any other species of the genus ; they fly at a consider- 
able height w T ith rapidity, deviating alternately to 
either side, and plunge towards the ground in a 
* Annals of Nat. Hist. ii. p. S3. + Bonap. Contin. iv. p. 73. 
