GO DUNLIN. 
approached this appearance; below black, in winter white. 
The back above has the feathers black in the centre, with 
orange rufous edges, and on the lower part brownish black, in 
winter nearly uniform ash grey, the centre of each feather a 
little darker, and the edges a little paler. 
The wings have the first quill feather the longest; they 
expand to the width of about one foot three inches; greater 
and lesser wing coverts, brown margined with pale ash grey, 
the longer ones having white tips, forming an oblique bar 
across the wing; primaries, greyish black with white shafts, 
in winter ash grey with darker centres and paler margins; 
secondaries, greyish black edged with white, the shafts white; 
tertiaries, black with rufous edges, which, in winter, turn to 
greyish white. The tail, which is much cuneated, has some 
approach to being doubly forked, the two middle feathers 
being the longest and pointed; they are dark brown with 
paler edges, the others nearly uniform ash grey with grey 
shafts; upper tail coverts, a mixture of black and grey, or 
deep brown with tinges of ferruginous, more or less according 
to the season of the year; under tail coverts, white. Legs, 
toes, and claws, black; the former in winter not so dark. 
The female much resembles the male, but is larger in size. 
The breast is not so dark. 
The young at first are covered with greyish brown down, 
with a black list over the head and along the nape and back; 
the breast greyish white, the legs pale green. 
In their first year’s plumage they have the bill brownish 
black; the head on the sides and neck, a mixture of pale 
grey and brown; the throat spotted with dusky brown; the 
breast white, also spotted with dusky brown; back, wing 
coverts, and tertiaries, a mixture of black, dark brown, pale 
brown, and buff; under tail coverts, white. Legs, brownish 
black. 
These birds naturally vary very much in the intermediate 
stages of their plumage, between that of summer and that 
of winter. 
I procured, in May, 1842, a very elegant specimen of this 
bird, shot near Burlington Quay, displaying to great advantage 
the two plumages of summer and winter. 
The engraving is after a design by my friend the Rev. 
tichard Pye Alington, Rector of Swinhope, Lincolnshire. 
