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with white ; a pale stripe above the eye ; sides of the chest deeply tinged with buff ; fore neck washed with buff 
(from Plate in Dresser’s ‘ Birds of Europe ’). 
Immature, first autumn (Wales). Interscapular region dark brown, with terminal buff- white spots; the scapulars 
with broader spots ; the outer feathers with broad buff margins ; the lesser wing-coverts at the point of the wing 
blackish brown ; the greater series buff, with dark terminal bars ; outer tail-feathers nearly white ; face white, 
the lores pencilled with brown ; the throat and chest faintly tinged with buff ; the chest-feathers marked with 
fine cross pencillings. 
Distribution. This interesting and widely spread Stint has recently been procured in Ceylon. On the 12th of last 
December (1879) the collector of the Ceylon Museum met with a flock on one of the little islands at the mouth of the 
iNegombo Lake, but only succeeded in shooting one specimen, a male in adult winter plumage. It is not unlikely that 
the bandei ling may visic the shores of Ceylon yearly as a straggler, and be completely overlooked, as comparatively few 
of the myriads of shore-birds frequenting the coasts in the cool season are ever shot. 
In February 1875, Mr. Hume met with this species at Betra-par, one of the reefs in the Laccadive group. It may be, 
perhaps, not unfrequent on the coasts of Southern India ; but it does not seem to have beeu often noticed there. On one 
occasion Jerdon encountered it at Nellore, and writes that it appeared to him to be tolerably abundant ; but not knowing 
that it was rare in Indian collections, he only secured one specimen. I do not see it recorded from Bengal ; but beyond 
the Bay it occurs along the coast at the mouths of the Irrawaddy, in which locality Dr. Armstrong met with it rarely. 
In Tenasserim, however, it has not yet been noticed ; neither has it been seen on the shores of the Malay peninsula, 
although Schlegel records it from Java. It may not, therefore, range further south in this direction than the last- 
mentioned locality, although it extends eastwards into China, being general there in winter, according to Swinhoe. 
In North-western India it is more abundant than elsewhere in the empire ; for Mr. Hume found it common in 
Kurrachee harbour, and Mr. James writes of it occurring at Mandavee ; it has also beeu met with in Sindh by Major 
Le Messurier. Northward it is found in Eastern Turkestan in autumn, migrating southwards, according to Dr. Scully 
It probably passes through this country in spring, as Severtzoff says it occurs on passage in the north-eastern part of the 
country. As in Europe so iu Asia, it reaches very high latitudes in summer, breeding in the very extreme north of 
Siberia on the Boganida, and frequenting likewise the Taimyr river as high as 74° N. lat. (Middendorfi-). Eastward in 
Japan it has been found on the south coast of Tezo. Turning westwards we find Canon Tristram procurino- it on the 
coast of Palestine in winter. As regards the continent of Europe, it may be said to be a bird of passage throughout the 
southern portions generally, being found in some parts, particularly on the south coasts of Spain and in the Mediterranean 
islands, during the winter. In Great Britain it is likewise a bird of passage, though some, mostly young birds, remain 
throughout the winter ; in Scotland it is common in autumn. In Scandinavia it is likewise a migrant, being observed in 
Norway and Sweden in spring and autumn ; it passes through the Faroes, and is common in summer in Iceland. On 
the European shores of the Arctic Ocean it is also found in the breeding-season, although its nest has not yet been 
found there. Messrs. Seebohm and Harvie Brown met with it on the Golaievskai Islands, at the mouth of the Petchora 
Gulf, and also saw it at Dvoinik ; but their visit was so hurried to these places that they failed to discover its ego's. 
Further east Von Heuglin has met with it on Waigats Island and the south of Nova Zembla ; finally, as regards Russia, 
it has been procured on passage south at Kasan, and on its way north in spring on the Spara. 
In Northern Africa it is found in the winter, many remaining in Morocco during that season, as also in Algeria and 
Lower Egypt, on the coast of which latter country Heuglin procured it in April and May already in summer plumage. 
In autumn and winter this naturalist says it is very common on the shores of the Red Sea, as far south as the Gulf^of 
Aden. He found it most plentiful on the Somauli coast in October and November, but never observed it on the Nile. 
On the east coast of the continent it has been recorded from Mozambique and the coast of Natal, and on the island of 
Madagascar Mr. E. Newton procured it. It is a winter resident in Cape Colony, and is found ’on the west coast at 
Benguela, Gambia, Bissao, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone, taking in likewise the Canary Islands and Madeira into its 
range. 
Dealing now with the Ncarctic region, we find it on the east coast of Greenland breeding on Sabine Island, where the 
eggs were taken in 1869 by the German North-pole expedition. On the western side, Capt. Feilden met with it on the 
shores of Grinnell Land, but not abundantly ; he, however, was fortunate enough to find it breeding in lat. 82° 3,3' N. in 
the month of June, and met with young birds in August on the shores of Robeson’s Channel. In North America it has 
been obtained in the Hudson’s Bay territory and on the Mackenzie and Anderson rivers. Along the west coast it has 
been found from Alaska down to Cape St. Lucas, and also in the Aleutian Islands. Messrs. Sclater aud Salvin record it 
from Peru, southward of which it has been met with on the coast of Chile ; and in Central Patagonia Mr. Durnford 
procured it in the month of December at Tombo Point. Down the east coast of North America it has been procured in 
various places, and likewise visits Bermuda and also the West Indies, as Gundlach records it from Cuba. Finally we 
have it noted from Brazil. 
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