146 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



a name which is also bestowed upon the Common 

 Sandpiper. The Rev. H. H. Crewe states that small 

 flocks of Dunlins frequent the Wilstone and Mars- 

 worth reservoirs every year during the early spring, 

 and a few are again observed in the autumn. The 

 Windsor bird-stufifers occasionally receive specimens 

 for preservation which have been obtained in the 

 neighbourhood. The Rev. George Jeans records in 

 the Naturalist that he has shot the Dunhn near 

 Windsor and at various places along the banks of 

 the Thames. 



