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DUNLIN: 



PTIBBE. DTJNLZff SANDPIPEB. SEA SKIPE. PLOYEB's PAGE. 

 STINT. LEAST SJflPE. SEA LABK. 



Tringa variabilis, SELBY. JENYNS. 



" alpina, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



" cinclus, PENNANT. MONTAGU, 



Tringa ? Variabilis Variable. 



THE Dunlin, or Purre, the former the name that used to 

 be given to the bird in its summer, and the latter in its 

 winter plumage, as if two species, has had its specific name 

 assigned to it as indicative of the great difference between 

 its appearance in the one and in the other season; but I do 

 not see but that the other Sandpipers have an equal claim 

 to the title on the like account. 



It is very abundant in the Arctic regions of America, and 

 the islands of the Polar sea, and thence through the United 

 States to Florida, Carolina, Cayenne, Mexico, and Domingo, 

 and others of the West Indian Islands; as also in Europe 

 from the Ferroe Isles, Iceland, Greenland, Lapland, and Nor- 

 way, and so on, to the southern countries of the continent. 

 It likewise belongs to Asia, being common in Asia Minor 

 and the region about the Caucasus, as also in the islands of 

 the Indian Ocean Japan, Sunda, and Timor. So, too, from 

 the north coast of Africa, even, it is said, to the Cape. 



The Purre is one of the commonest of our Sandpipers, 

 being found throughout England, Scotland, and Wales. 



In Ireland it is also plentiful, as likewise in the Shetland 

 Islands, and the Orkneys. 



I saw one of these birds shot by a lad, at the Nafferton 



