INTRODUCTION. 
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Genus Limnocinclus. 
287. Limnocinclus pectoualis .......... Vol. IV. PI. LXVII, 
Pectoral Sandpiper. 
Like Bartram’s Sandpiper and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, this bird, which is common to both continents 
of America, occasionally finds its way across the broad Atlantic, and a temporary home in this country. 
According to Mr. Harting (‘ Handbook,’ p. 140), some sixteen instances of its occurrence are on record. 
Genus Ancvlocheilus. 
288. Ancvlocheilus subarquata ......... Vol. IV. PI. LXVIII. 
Curlew Sandpiper. 
Like many others of the Sandpipers, this bird is a regular spring and autumn migrant. The discovery of 
a nest in a tract of sedgy hog round the Loch of Spynle, near Elgin, on the 8th of June, 1853, has been 
recorded by Mr. R. Gray in his ‘ Birds of the West of Scotland.’ 
Genus Pelidna. 
289. Pelidna cinclus ........... Vol. IV. PI. LXIX. 
Dunlin (summer plumage). 
Although a resident species, the Dunlin is nevertheless migratory in spring and autumn. It breeds 
regularly in Scotland, the Hebrides, and Shetland ; and the nest has also been found on the moors of 
Northumberland and Cornwall. 
290. Pelidna cinclus . . . . ‘ \ * ' ' ‘ • ' Vol. IV. PI. LXX. 
Dunlin (winter plumage). 
291. Pelidna Bonapartei .......... Vol. IV. PI. LXXI. 
Bonaparte’s Sandpiper. 
This American species, of which some eight or nine examples have now been procured in this country, 
is probably more familiar to English readers by the name of Schinz’s Sandpiper. It is now generally 
admitted, however, that the so-called Tringa or Pelidna Schinzn is merely a small variety or race of the 
Dunlin ; and the appellation therefore should cease to be employed for the present species. 
Genus Actodromas. 
292. Actodromas minuta Vol. IV. PI. LXXII. 
Little Stint. 
This graceful little bird is a regular migrant, passing through this country in spring and autumn. It is 
