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in the spring to breed in northern latitudes. Now, 

 whilst the resident birds with us retire inland for 

 nesting purposes, selecting as site for same, by 

 preference, the wild elevated moorlands which are 

 found in Scotland, their places in summer on the 

 seacoast, estuaries, etc., are filled up by immature 

 birds ; so the net result is that there is always a 

 plentiful supply ; indeed, their number is legion. 

 According to Mr. Charles Dixon, an authority on 

 the migration of birds, the Dunlin breeds in Eng- 

 land, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; whilst Howard 

 Saunders considers that satisfactory evidence is 

 wanting in regard to Wales. The nest is very slightly 

 constructed, "often in a tussock of long coarse grass 

 or among seapinks, short heather, etc. ; the eggs 

 — four in number, are greenish-white, blotched 

 and spotted with two shades of reddish-brown." 

 (Howard Saunders). There is a great difference in 

 spring and winter plumage, the former being a 

 compound of chestnut and black, the latter an ashen 

 grey colour. The Dunlin breeds as far north as 

 " Scandinavia, the tundras of Russia to Novaya 

 Zemlya, also along the Baltic Coast of Northern 

 Germany ; during the colder months the bird comes 

 further south to the Canaries, Northern Africa, 

 extending as far as Zanzibar." (Howard Saunders). 



The Turnstone. 



The particulars of this bird will be found to be 

 dealt with in Case 45. 



