AMERICAN STINT.
TRINGA M1NUTILLA, Vieillot.
Tringa minutilla, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxxiv.
p. 466; Yarr. ed. 4, iii. p. 396; Dresser, viii. p. 51.
Actodromas minutilla, Baird, Brewer, fy Ridgway, Water-
Birds of N. Am. i. p. 236.
Two occurrences. A bird of this species was shot by
Mr. Vingoe in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, on 10th October,
1853, and another by Mr. Rickards on Northern
Burrows, near Bideford, in September 1869.
The home of this Stint is America, where it breeds in
the arctic and subarctic districts. In autumn it migrates
southwards, and spreads in winter over Central and
South America, as well as the West Indian Islands,
returning to its summer-quarters in spring.
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AMERICAN STINT,
