Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds  in  arctic  regions  of  Asia,  winters
in  Africa  (from  Mediterranean  to  tropical  and  south  Africa),  India,
Malay  Peninsula,  and  even  Australia.  Casual  in  North  and  South
America.
EROLIA    MINUTA

375.     Erolia  minuta  minuta  (Leisl.) — THE  LITTLE  STINT.
Tringa  minuta  Leisler,  Nachtrage  zu  Bechst.  Natiirg.  Deutschl.,  p.  74

(1812— Near  Hanau  on  the  Main).
Tringa  minuta  Leisler,  Yarrell,  iii,  p.  386  ;   Saunders,  p.  585.
Distribution. — British  Isles. — Passage-migrant  chiefly  end  Aug.
to  Oct..  rarely  later,  very  rare  anywhere  sj^ring  April-June,  exception-
ally July.  Regular  autumn  (but  varying  numbers),  east  and  south-
east coasts  England  and  south-east  Scotland  ;  irregular  and  scarce,
north  of  Aberdeen  (but  recorded  to  Shetlands),  west  coasts  Great
Britain  (including  some  I.  but  no  O.  Hebrides)  and  south  coast
England.  In  Ireland  apparently  regular  autumn  east  coast,  very
rare  elsewhere ;  only  one  doubtful  spring-record.  Exceptional
inland  waters.
Distribution. — Abroad. — Inhabits  west  Siberian  tundras  and
islands  (Novaya  Zemlia,  Kolguev,  Waigatz,  etc.)  to  North  Cape
of  Europe,  and  migrates  south  to  Africa  and  India.  Replaced
in  east  Siberia  by  E.  minuta  ruficoUis,  which  wanders  south
through  China  and  Japan  to  Sunda  Islands,  Moluccas,  and
Australia.
*  Tringa  ferruginea  antedates  Scolopax  subarquata  by  ten  years. — E.H.
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EROLIA    MINUTILLA

376.  Erolia   minutilla   minutilla    (Vieill.)— THE    AMERICAN
STINT.
Tringa  minutilla  Vieillot,  Nouv.  Diet.  d'Hist.  Nat.,  nouv.  ed.,  xxxiv,

p.  406  (1819— Nova  Scotia  to  the  Antilles).
Tringa  mimitilla  Vieillot,  Yarrell,  iii,  p.  396  ;   Saunders,  p.  587.
Distribution. — England. — Four.  Mount's  Baj^  (Cornwall)  Oct.  10,
1853.  Northern  Burrows  near  Bideford  (Devon)  Sept.  1869  and
Aug.  22,  1892  (Saunders,  p.  587).  Near  Mousehole  (Cornwallj
Sept.,  1890  (J.  Clark,  Zool,  1907,  p.  286,  and  Brit.  B.,  ii,  p.  268).
