THE DUNLIN. 



Trinya alplna. 

 Tringa cinclus. 



Dunlin, or Purre, is by 

 far the most common and 

 abundant of all the Sand- 

 pipers known in this country. 

 Formerly the Dunlin was con- 

 sidered a species totally dis- 

 tinct from the Purre, but more 

 accurate observation has shown 

 that the difference is only the 

 variation between the summer 

 and winter plumage of one 

 and the same bird, and that 

 the Dunlin of the first-named 

 season is the Purre of the 

 latter, merely clothed in a 

 somewhat different costume. 

 In addition to these names, 

 it is also known as the Ox- 

 bird, Sea Snipe, Plover's Page, 

 Sandpiper, and Sea Lark. 



The Dunlin is said to be 

 very abundant in the Arctic 

 portions of North America, 

 the northern parts of Europe, 



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