. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. TEINQA. 437 Tringa, but of these three have pale legs and feet, and one has a shovel-shaped bill. The remaining two are the Eastern and Western forms of the Little TRINGA MINUTA RUFICOLLIS. BED-THROATED STINT. (Plate XV.) Tringa minuta in ptil. sestiv. gutture castaneo : in ptil. hiem. hand a Tringa minuta typica Diagnosis, distinguenda. It is believed that the Red-throated and Little Stints completely intergrade in summer Variations. plumage. They are indist


. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. TEINQA. 437 Tringa, but of these three have pale legs and feet, and one has a shovel-shaped bill. The remaining two are the Eastern and Western forms of the Little TRINGA MINUTA RUFICOLLIS. BED-THROATED STINT. (Plate XV.) Tringa minuta in ptil. sestiv. gutture castaneo : in ptil. hiem. hand a Tringa minuta typica Diagnosis, distinguenda. It is believed that the Red-throated and Little Stints completely intergrade in summer Variations. plumage. They are indistinguishable in vi^inter plumage. ? Tringa albescens^, Temminck, PI. Col. no. 41 (1823). Trynga ruficollis, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 700 (1776). Synonymy. ' Tringa albescens of Temminck appears to be a composite species : " les deux pennes laterales de la queue sont blanches" can only apply to T. temmincJn, but " toutes les parties inferieures sont d'un roussatre-clair" cannot possibly apply to that species, and is a gross exaggeration â when applied to T. mimda Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London : H. Sotheran


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