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east coast, though it has been found also along the entire south 
coast, and has been obtained on several inland waters. 
Eange outside the British Islands. — Temmitick’s Stint breeds in 
Northern Europe .and Asia, above the limits of forest growth, 
but in countries further west than those frequented by the 
Little Stint, so that its eggs have never been so rare in collec- 
tions as those of the latter bird. In winter it visits the Medi- 
terraiiean countries and extends to North-eastern Africa and 
to Senegambia, but does not go so far south in the African 
continent as L- viinuta. It also passes the winter in the 
Indian Peninsular, and also migrates by way of China to 
the Burmese provinces. 
HahitB. — On the few occasions on which I have met lyith this 
species in England I have always found single individuals, 
and those young birds. There was nothing in their ways to 
distinguish them from the Little Stint, but according to Mr. 
Seebohm, there is considerable difference in the habits of the 
two species in their Arctic breeding-homes, and he says that 
Temminck’s Stint is less exclusively a marine bird than Z. 
ininiita. “I first made the acquaintance of Temminck’s 
Stint,” he writes, “at Tromso, on the west coast of Finmack, 
where it was very common. These charming little birds were 
in full song in the middle of June. It was a most interesting 
sight to watch them flying up into the air, wheeling round and 
round, singing as vigorously, and almost as melodiously, as a 
Skylark. Sometimes they were to be seen perched on a rail 
or a post, or even on the slender branch of a willow, vibrating 
their little wings like a Wood Wren, and trilling with all their 
might ; and often the song was uttered on the ground, as they 
ran along the short grass with wings elevated over the back. 
The son” of this bird is not unlike that of the Grasshopper 
Warbler” but is louder and shriller; its usual call-note is a 
spluttering but very distinct /I'r-r-n” 
Ifest. Mr. Seebohm observes : — “ It can scarcely be said to 
breed in colonies, but I have frequently found several nests 
within a few yards of each other. They are mere depressions 
in the ground, lined with a little dry grass, and are seldom far 
from water. They are not difficult to find, the sitting bird be- 
traying its treasures by its peculiar flight. When the nest is 
