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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-white 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 



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DUNLIN. 



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. 



