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Genus Limnocincuus.

287. LIMNOCINCLUS PECTORALIS : : : : y Vol. IV. PL LXVIL
Pecrorat SANDPIPER.
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Like Bartram’s Sandpiper and the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, this bird, which is common to both continents

of America, occasionally finds its way across the broad Atlantic, and a temporary home in this country.

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According to Mr. Harting (‘ Handbook,’ p. 140), some sixteen instances of its occurrence are on record.

Genus AncyLocueiuus.
288. ANCYLOCHEILUS SUBARQUATA : ‘ : : ‘ : : : Volk IV. RE bxXaviie
Cur.tew SAnppiper.
Like many others of the Sandpipers, this bird is a regular spring and autumn migrant. The discovery of
anest in a tract of sedgy bog round the Loch of Spynie, near Elgin, on the 8th of June, 1853, has been

recorded by Mr. R. Gray in his ‘ Birds of the West of Scotland,’

Genus Petipna.

289. PELIDNA CINCLUS : : : : : : : Voll: PE UX

Dounun (summer plumage

plumag
Although a resident species, the Dunlin is nevertheless migratory in spring and autumn. It breeds
regularly in Scotland, the Hebrides, and Shetland; and the nest has also been found on the moors of

Northumberland and Cornwall.

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290. PeLipNna CINCLUS : : : : : : 3 : :
Donurw (winter plumage).

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291. Petrpna BonaparTeEr : ; : : : : : : :

Bonaparte’s SANDPIPER.
This American species, of which some eight or nine examples have now been procured in this country,

is probably more familiar to English readers by the name of Schinz’s Sandpiper. It is now generally

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admitted, however, that the so-called Zringa or Pelidna Schinzii is merely a small variety or race of the

Dunlin ; and the appellation therefore should cease to be employed for the present species.

Genus AcTropROMAS.

292. AcToDROMAS MINUTA. : 5 ; : . Vol. TV. Pl. LXXII.

Littye Stint.

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This graceful little bird is a regular migrant, passing through this country in spring and autumn. It
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