DunNLIN. GRALLATORES. TRINGA. 153 
In the summer, the head becomes darker, and the feathers pues 
margined with greyish-white. The back and scapulars ? ea 
also acquire a greater intensity, and the purple gloss 
shines with greater brilliancy ; the ash-grey edging of 
the feathers also changes to white, and the spots upon 
the breast and flanks acquire a more distinct lanceolated 
form. 
In the young, or nestling plumage, the head, back, and Young. 
scapulars are of a dull greyish-black, the feathers being 
margined with dirty yellowish-brown. The sides of the 
neck and breast are ash-grey, with darker streaks. 
Flanks and under tail-coverts with large longitudinal 
streaks of deep ash-grey. Base of the bill ochre-yellow. 
DUNLIN, OR PURRE. 
Trine varraBiiis, Meyer. 
PLATE XXVI. Figs. 1. 2. 3. 
Tringa variabilis, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 397. — Temm. Man. 
d@Ornith. 2. 612. 
Pelidna variabilis, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 98. pl. 15. in summer plumage. 
Tringa alpina, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 108. sp. 153.—Sabine, Trans. Linn. 
Soc. 12. 534. 
Becasseau Brunette ou variable, Temm. Man. 2. 612. 
L’Alouette de Mer a Collier, Cuv. Reg. Anim. | 490. 
Dunlin, Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 108. sp. 153.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. App. to 
Sup. 
are, Dunlin, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 98. pl. 15. 
Tringa Cinclus, Linn. Syst. 1. 251. 18.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 660.—Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 735. sp. 35.—Raii, Syn. 100. A. 13. 
Cinclus, Briss. Orn. 5. 211. pl. 19. f. 1. 
L’Alouette de Mer, Buff. Ois. 7. 548. Winter 
Purre or Stint, Wildl. (Angl.) 305.—Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 472.—No. 206.—/d. { plumage: 
Arct. Zool. 2. 475.—Lath. Syn. 5. 182.—Mont. Orn. Dict. 5.—Bewick’s 
Br. Birds, 2. 119.—Wils. Amer. Orn. 7. 39. pl. 59. f. 3—Waill. Syn. 2. 
pl. 150. 
Tringa ruficollis, Pall. Reis. 3. 700. 31.—Zath. Orn. 736. sp. 36. 
Red-necked Sandpiper, Lath. Syn. 5. 183. 31. This appears to be young 
when it has nearly perfected the winter plumage. 
