DuNLIN. GRALLATORES. TRINGA. 157 
Fig. 2. The same species in the summer or nuptial plum- Summer 
age. plumage. 
Crown of the head black, the feathers being margined 
with reddish-brown. Chin white. Cheeks, fore part of 
the neck and breast, black, with the feathers deeply 
margined with white, giving these parts a beautifully 
spotted appearance. Belly and abdomen black. Flanks 
and side-coverts of the tail white, streaked with black. 
Hind part of the neck, mantle, and scapulars black, 
each feather being deeply margined. with clear reddish- 
brown. Lower part of back, and upper tail-coverts 
brownish-black. Wing-coverts as in the winter plum- 
age.—This description taken from a specimen killed to- 
wards the end of May. 
Fig. 3. Is the young of the year, in a state of change from Young 
the nestling to the winter plumage. bird. 
Head _blackish-brown, the feathers being edged with yel- 
lowish-brown. Upper parts exhibiting a mixture of 
the pale grey feathers that mark the winter plumage, 
with the darker (or nestling) feathers. Cheeks and 
sides of the neck pale brown mixed with grey. ~ Breast 
grey, spotted with black. Belly white, with large black 
spots. Vent and under tail-coverts white. 
CURLEW TRINGA. 
TrinGca suBARQqUATA, Temm. 
PLATE XXVI. Figs. 4. 5. 
Tringa’ subarquata, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 609.—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 
*-107. sp. 152. 
Becasseau Cecorli, Temm. ut supra. 
Pelidna subarquata, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 96. 
L’Alouette de Mer ordinaire, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 490. 
Red ,Dunlin, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 96. 
Pigmy Sandpiper, Bewick’s Br. Birds. 2. Sup. p. and t. 11. 
Pigmy Curlew, Mont. Orn. Dict. Sup. the young of the year. 
