Summer 



plumage, 



and 



changes in 



acquiring 



and losing 



it. 



154 GRALLATORES. TRINGA. DUNLIN. 



Tringa alpina, Linn. Syst. 1. 249. 11 Geml Syst. 1. 676 Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 736. sp. 37- 



Cinclus torquatus, JBriss. Orn. 5. 216. No. 11. t. 19. f. 2. 

 Gallinago anglicana, Id. 5. 309. 5. 

 Le Cincle, Buff. Ois. 7. 553. 

 La Brunette, Id. 7. 493. 



Red-backed Sandpiper, Wils. Amer. Orn. 7- 25. pi. 56. f. 2. 

 Dunlin, Will. Orn. (Angl.) 305. Kali Syn. 109. A. 11 Penn. Br. 



Zool. 2. 471. No. 205 Arct-Zool. 2. No. 391. Lath. Syn. 5. 185. 33. 



Id. Sup. 249. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 1. Sup. and App. to Sup. Bewick's 



Br. Birds, 2. 117- &c. 



PROVINCIAL Sea-snipe, Ox-bird, Oxeye, Wagtail, Least Snipe. 



PREVIOUS to the appearance of MONTAGU'S Supplement 

 to his Ornithological Dictionary (when the identity of the 

 Dunlin and Purre of authors was first pointed out), this 

 bird, in the writings and compilations of earlier naturalists, 

 had always been considered, under its different states of 

 plumage, as forming at least two distinct species, as may be 

 collected from the list of synonyms given above. These 

 views of our zealous countryman, who was one of the first to 

 direct the attention of inquirers to the remarkable changes 

 of plumage that so many species are now ascertained to un- 

 dergo, were soon afterwards corroborated by the observations 

 of that discriminating ornithologist Mons. TEMMINCK, in his 

 " Manuel," where he has traced and attached the various sy- 

 nonyms, as they appeared applicable to the different states of 

 this bird, either at the period when the change has been com- 

 pletely effected (as exhibited in its winter or summer plum- 

 age), or in the intermediate stages of moulting, in its pro- 

 gress from one to the other. After the authority of two 

 such names, it may appear unnecessary to bring forward any 

 additional proof of this identity ; but as the situation in 

 which I happen to reside is peculiarly favourable for mak- 

 ing observations on the tribes of fowl that resort to our 

 coasts, I may be allowed to remark, that after having ex- 

 amined specimens at all seasons, and indeed during each 

 month of the year (when the progressive changes from one 

 state to another may be traced step by step), I have been 

 able to verify, most satisfactorily to my own mind, the cor- 



