DUNLIN 



PURRE DUNLIN SANDPIPER SEA SNIPE STINT PLOVER'S- 

 PAGE LEAST SNIPE SEA LARK. 



PLATE CLXXVIII. FIGURE I. 



Tringa variabtlis, . . . SELBY. JENYNS. 



Tringa alpina, . . . . LINNAEUS. 



Tringa cinclus> .... PENNANT. MONTAGUE. 



'~T S HE Dunlin, which is common on the British coasts in 

 1 winter, usually nests under the shelter of some tuft or 

 small bush, in any dry spot on our Northern moors and 

 heaths, mosses or salt marshes, as well as by the sea. It 

 is often concealed, with great success, so as to be very 

 difficult to find. Sometimes, however, it is fashioned upon 

 the open grass which grows green and verdant here and 

 there among the dark heather. A few bits of moss, 

 withered heath, or grass, form its careless lining, if there 

 be any in it, the same materials being for the most part 

 merely rounded into form. 



The eggs are four in number, of a pale greenish white, 

 greenish grey, or dull green colour, blotted and spotted 

 with a darker and a lighter shade of brown, most so 

 towards and at the larger end. Some have the ground a 

 light buff inclining to dull white, others a clear light green 

 richly spotted with light brown. They are subject to great 

 variation. When in the nest they are arranged with the 

 smaller ends inwards. 



