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BRITISH BIRDS, 



The eggs, large for the size of the bird that produces 

 them, are four in number, of a greenish-\vhite colour 

 spotted with brown, more especially at the larger end ; 

 they vary, however, a good deal in appearance. The 

 young run about as soon as born. The general colour 



is brown, lighter above than below, but the breast is 

 light grey spotted with brown, and the vent grey of a 

 lighter shade still without spots. The legs are dark green. 

 It is sometimes called the Plover's Page, Sea Snipe, 

 Purre, Stint and Dunlin Sandpiper, a "confusion of 

 epitaphs" that is decidedly misleading. 



THE SCANDINAVIAN RAVEN. See Raven. 



THE SCAUP. See under Ducks. 



