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snipes," because of their bills being long-, and of similar shape to a 

 snipe. The prices charg-ed for these birds are far advanced of late 

 years, thoug-h they have always been esteemed as great delicacies.* 

 At the present day they sell for 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen. 



Tlie dunlin belongs to the tribe of sandpipers, the various species 

 of which afford excellent diversion to young sportsmen. 



* " Item, it is thought good that styntes be liadde for my lordes owne mees, and 

 non other so they he after vj. a jd." — Northumberland Hotischold Book : temp. 

 Henry VIII. 



In the account-book of Robert Bennett, bursar of the priory of Durham, they are 

 chai-ged, in 1531-2 : " 1 doz. dunlynggs 4d., et 3 doz. stynts 6d., 6 doz. stynts 12d., 

 \\ doz. dunlyngs 6d." And there is another entry in 1533-4 : " 6 dunlyngs 2d." — 

 Printed for the Surtees Society, 1844. 



