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BRITISH BIRDS, 
LITTLE STINT. 
LITTLE SANDPIPER, OR LEAST SNIPE. 
{T’ringa pufillay petlie Alouette de Mer, Briffon.) 
Tpiis bird, the leafl: of the Sandpiper tribe, in its 
figure and plumage nearly refembles the lafl two 
kinds. It weighs twelve pennyweights troy, and 
meafures in length, extended, from the point of the 
beak to the end of the tail, nearly fix inches ; from 
tip to tip of its wing, about eleven inches and a 
half ; and the bill, to the corners of the mouth, is 
five-eighths of an inch. The feathers on the crown 
of the head are black, edged with ruft colour : it 
is marked, like mofl of the genus, by a light ftreak 
over each eye, and a darkifh fpot below and before 
them ; the throat, fore part of the neck, and belly 
are white ; and the breafl: is tinged with pale red- 
