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THE DUNLIN, OR OX-BIRD. 



In confinement, their quarrels usually originate in the pan contain- 

 ing their food not being sufficiently large enough to admit the whole 

 party ,to feed, without touching each other. When the food ha. 

 been divided into several pans, the birds have continued perfectly 

 quiet. 



THE TURNSTONE. 



The Turnstone is about the size of a Thrush ; its bill is black, about 

 an inch in length, and a little turned up at the end. The body is 

 black, variously marked with white and rust-color on the upper parts ; 

 the breast and belly are white. The legs are short and orange-colored. 



This bird is found on various parts of the English and Scottish 

 coasts, and in North America. It has its name from its custom of 

 turning over stones, in order to prey upon the insects and worms 

 concealed beneath them. 



DUNLIN, OR OX-BIRD. 



The Dunlin or Ked-backed Sandpiper of the United States, according 



to the season of the 



A,,,,,. i^L year, is met with 



throughout the 

 northern hemis- 

 phere; penetra- 

 ting, in America, 

 during the summer 

 season, to the 

 utmost habitable 

 verge of the Arctic 

 circle, and even 

 breeding i n that 

 remotest of lands, 

 the ever wintry 

 MHUW shores of Melville 



Peninsula. They 



likewise inhabit Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Alps of Siberia, 

 ai\d the coasts of the Caspian. In the southern hemisphere, they 

 sometimes even wander as far as the Cape of Good Dope ; and are 

 found in Jamaica, other of the West India Islands, and Cayenne. In 

 the autumn they are seen around Yera Cruz, and with other Sandpipers 

 probably, exposed for sale in the market of Mexico. At the same 

 time, many, as the Purres in their winter dress, remain through the 

 greatest part of the winter within the milder limits of the Union , 

 frequenting, at times, in great numbers, the coasts of both Carolina^ 

 during the month of February; flitting, probably, to and fro with 

 every vaccillating change of temperature, being naturally vagabond, 

 and nowhere fixed for any considerable time, until their arrival at th 



