as NATURAL HISTORY IBirds. 



Species 5. — The Dunlin. 



tViL Orti. f05. Rail Sj/n. Av. 109. Tringa Alpina, Lin. Sys. 249. Brit. 



Zool. 374. 



Whether the Dunlin breeds in Orkney, I am unacquaint- 

 ed. We see it in small flocks through the winter, especially 

 in our low sandy shores, but it withdraws in spring, probably 

 to the marshy hills (though this I have never observed), to 

 hatch. 



GENUS XX— THE PLOVER KIND. 



Gen, Char.— Bill straight, as short as the head ; nostrils linear ; tongue ; toes, 



wants the back-toe. 



Species 1. — The Gf^eeti-PIover. 



Wil. Orn. 308. Raii %». Av. 111. Charadrius Pluvialis, ian. Sys. 254 

 Brit. Zool. 379. Brit. Zool. Illus. tab. 72. fg. 2. (variety). Sib. Scot. 

 19. Ore. Plover. 



Plovers are found here at all times of the year, and never 

 entirely migrate ; however, the few that build in our hills are 

 nothing to the myriads to be found here in winter, which 



