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LAKES AND RIVERS. 



and flanks remain white, the cheeks, front of the neck 

 and breast become black with white edges to the 

 feathers, and the rest of the lower part of the body 

 becomes black. In this state it is called the Dunlin. 

 The young have intermediate colours. The purre 

 or dunlin is between 7 and 8 inches in length, and 

 about 1 5 in expanse of wing ; the bill is of a black 

 colour, and is as long as the head ; the legs are a dull 



NEST OF THE DUNLIN. 



greenish hue. It is abundant in winter on moist sandy 

 shores, where it picks up its food as the tide goes 

 out. It breeds freely in the north of England and 

 Scotland. Its nest is simply a hollow scraped in 

 the ground, lined with a little grass or dry twigs. 

 When fat, these birds are considered good for the 



