BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Dunlin. 



THE Dunlin ( Tringa alpina, Linnaeus) is a resident species 

 in this country, and is also found inhabiting the Palearctic 

 Region and some portions of the Nearctic Region. The 

 adult in summer has the feathers on the crown of the head 

 black, with chestnut margins; chin, white; fore-part of 

 neck and breast, greyish-white, streaked with dark brown ; 

 abdomen, black ; remainder of under parts, white ; hind 

 part of neck, mantle, and scapulars, black, broadly margined 

 with chestnut ; greater coverts, with white tips ; wings and 

 tail, greyish-brown, central pair of rectrices, darker ; irides, 

 hazel ; bill, legs, and feet, black. Length, from six to seven 

 inches. The female is the same as the male in colouration, 

 but a trifle larger in size. 



