DUNLIN. GRALLATORES. TRINGA. 157 



Fig. 2. The same species in the summer or nuptial plum- Summer 



age. 



Crown of the head black, the feathers being margined 

 with reddish-brown. Chin white. Cheeks, fore part of 

 the neck and breast, black, with the feathers deeply 

 margined with white, giving these parts a beautifully 

 spotted appearance. Belly and abdomen black. Flanks 

 and side-coverts of the tail white, streaked with black. 

 Hind part of the neck, mantle, and scapulars black, 

 each feather being deeply margined with clear reddish- 

 brown. Lower part of back, and upper tail-coverts 

 brownish-black. Wing-coverts as in the winter plum- 

 age. This description taken from a specimen killed to- 

 wards the end of May. 



Fig. 3. Is the young of the year, in a state of change from Young 



the nestling to the winter plumage. 



Head blackish-brown, the feathers being edged with yel- 

 lowish-brown. Upper parts exhibiting a mixture of 

 the pale grey feathers that mark the winter plumage, 

 with the darker (or nestling) feathers. Cheeks and 

 sides of the neck pale brown mixed with grey. Breast 

 grey, spotted with black. Belly white, with large black 

 spots. Vent and under tail-coverts white. 



CURLEW TRINGA. 



TRINGA SUBARQUATA, Temm. 

 PLATE XXVI. Figs. 4. 5. 



Tringa r subarquata, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 609. Flem. Br. Anim. 1, 



107. sp. 152. 



Becasseau Cocorli, Temm. ut supra. 

 Pelidna subarquata, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 96. 

 L'Alouette de Mer ordinaire, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 490. 

 Red Dunlin, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 12. 96. 

 Pigmy Sandpiper, Bewick's Br. Birds. 2. Sup. p. and t. 11. 

 Pigmy Curlew, Mont, Orn. Diet, Sup. the young of the year. 



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