658 



SCOLOPACID.E. 



GRALLATORES. 



SCOLOPACWJE. 



THE DUNLIN. 



Tringa alpina, 

 cinclus, 

 alpina, 

 cinclus, 

 alpina, 

 chiclus, 

 alpina. 



Dunlin Sandpiper, 



Purre , , 



The Dunlin, 

 , , Purre, 



,, Dunlin, 



, , Purre, 



Dunlin, 



variabilis. Dunlin or Purre, 

 ., ,, or Puri-e, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 92. 

 ,, p. 94. 

 Mont. Omith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 110. 

 „ p- 112. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 103. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 153. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 209. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



,, Becasseau brunette, Temm. ]Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 612. 



It will be observed by the first tliree pair of names here 

 quoted, from Pennant, Montagu, and Bewick, that the Sand- 

 piper called the Dunlin was long considered to be distinct 

 from that called the Purre, though in reality these names re- 

 ferred only to the summer and winter appearance of the same 

 bird. The changes of plumage, however, in this species be- 



