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scolopacim:. 
GRALLA TORES. 
SCOLOPACIDjE. 
TEMMINCK'S STINT. 
Tringa temminckii. 
PLATE Cl. 
When this edition of the “Birds' Eggs” was begun, I 
had not the least expectation that I should have the plea¬ 
sure of enriching it with figures of the eggs of so many 
species hitherto unknown. For that pleasure and the 
following notes, I am again indebted to Mr. Wolley, whose 
words I quote. Writing of this species, he says, “ I have 
found it breeding in several localities north of the Both- 
nian gulf, but it is scarce, and as far as I have seen, con¬ 
fined to a few favourite spots. Grassy banks and pastures 
by the water-side, are the kind of places where it takes 
up its breeding quarters, and it seems to delight to be 
near houses. Nothing can be more interesting or pretty 
than this little bird in the early part of summer; it is so 
tame, that one could often catch it in a net at the end of 
a stick. At one time it is hovering with its wings raised 
over its back, or floating about, and it reminds one rather 
of some insect than any other bird; at another time, it 
may be standing on the top of a stone or stake, or the 
gable end of a cottage, and whether hovering or standing 
on its perch, it utters a constant trilling note, of which I 
can best give an idea, by saying that it brought to my 
recollection the grasshopper warbler, though the resem¬ 
blance is perhaps slight. 
