LXXIII. 

 TRINGA VARIABILIS, (jieyer.) 



Dunlin, Purre. 



The Dunlin breeds upon desert heaths and marshy moors, 

 in situations similar to the Snipe ; in such places it is found, 

 though not abundantly throughout the north of Britain. — 

 I have found its nest in Shetland ; and Mr. Salmon has met 

 with it in abundance in Orkney ; from him I possess a very 

 beautiful and remarkable variety of the egg ; the ground 

 colour is of a bluish-white, with deep brown spots. The 

 Dunlin breeds in May or June, and lays four eggs, in a slight 

 hollow on the surface of the ground. 



