. A history of British birds . e beak black; irides dark brown ; head, neck,and upper part of the back, ash-grey; wing-coverts, scapulars,and lower part of the back ash-brown, each feather endingwith a half circle of black, and a minute terminal line ofwhite; primaries dusky-black; secondaries the same, buttipped with white; tertials ash-brown, with dark shafts, andtipped with white ; central tail-feathers elongated, pointed,ash-brown, outside feathers white; chin, neck in front, breast,and all the under surface, pure Avhite. The representations of Temmincks Stint here given weretaken from an
. A history of British birds . e beak black; irides dark brown ; head, neck,and upper part of the back, ash-grey; wing-coverts, scapulars,and lower part of the back ash-brown, each feather endingwith a half circle of black, and a minute terminal line ofwhite; primaries dusky-black; secondaries the same, buttipped with white; tertials ash-brown, with dark shafts, andtipped with white ; central tail-feathers elongated, pointed,ash-brown, outside feathers white; chin, neck in front, breast,and all the under surface, pure Avhite. The representations of Temmincks Stint here given weretaken from an adult bird in spring, and a young bird inautumn. A ready means of distinguishing this species fromthe Little Stint, as pointed out by Mr. Hartiug (B. Middle-sex, p. 199), is by the tvhite shaft to the first quill-featheronly, the ivhite outer tail-feathers, and the light-coloured Stint is a miniature Common Sandpiper, whereasthe Little Stint is a miniature Dunlin. J CURLEW SANDPIPER. LIMICOLJF., 403
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