86 SCOLOPACID^E. 



ORALLA TOPES. SCOLOPACID^E. 



THE DUNLIN. 



Tringa variabilis. 



p. 94. 



variabilis, Dunlin or Purre, 







or Purre, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 







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

 a }> P H2. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 108. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit Yert. p. 209. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

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



IT will be observed by the first three pair of names here 

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

 Sandpiper called the Dunlin was long considered to be 

 distinct from that called the Purre, though in reality these 

 names referred only to the summer and winter appearance 

 of the same bird. The changes of plumage, however, in 



