6o WILD FOWL AND SEA-FOIVL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



a greyish-white streak. Throat, breast, belly, and 

 lower tail coverts white ; tail feathers ash grey ; 

 upper tail coverts blackish ; legs and feet dark 

 olive. The bill is slightly bent down at the end. 

 This is the winter colouring, and the one in which 

 the Dunlin is usually seen on our coasts. 



THE CURLEW-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



{Tringa siibarquata.) 



Male. — The bill black, half as long again as the 

 head, and considerably bent down towards the end ; 

 iris brown ; upper plumage brownish-grey, each 

 feather with a dusky streak. Sides, fore-part of 

 neck, with a small portion of the breast, greyish- 

 white streaked with brownish - grey, A greyish- 

 white streak from the bill over the eye ; upper 

 tail coverts white. Primary quills and coverts 

 greyish-black ; secondary coverts grey tipped with 

 white ; tail feathers grey. Throat, breast, belly, 

 and lower tail coverts white ; legs and feet dark 

 olive. 



THE COMMON SANDERLING. 

 I^Calidris arenaria.) 



Called in different localities Ox-bird, Curwillet, 

 Stint, Sand Lark, and Towilly. In its winter plumage 

 so very like the Dunlin that ordinary observers 

 would not distinguish the difference between the 

 two birds. The summer plumage is different. Bill 



