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LAKES AND RIVERS. 



sand or gravel. Here the similarity of colour causes 

 them to be not easily seen. They are of a deep cream, 

 stone, or pale blue colour, spotted with ash and madder 

 brown ; they vary less than those of most waders, and 

 are found in May and June. It is widely distributed, 

 but the eggs are less abundant than those of the snipe 



PURPLE SANDPIPER. 



(genus Scolopax, S. gallinagd) and dunlin ; they are 

 from i T 6 ^ inches to i T 2 g- long, by |~| inch broad. 



The Dunlin (genus Tringa, Tringa yarialnlis\ 

 breeds largely on the shore of the inland lakes of 

 Scotland and the north of England. The name 

 variabilis has been given to it on account of its ex- 

 treme diversity of plumage. Its winter dress is much 

 paler than its summer dress. The head and all the 



