17. DUNLIN. 
DESCRIP- 
TION. 
DUNLIN SANDPIPER. Crass If 
daries and primaries differing very little in 
length; the lower part of the back, rump, and 
middle of the tail coverts, ash color; tail a 
little rounded at the end, brownish ash color, 
somewhat mottled with brownish near the tips, 
and fringed near the end with a pale ferrugi- 
nous; legs dusky olive green, bare an inch 
above the knee; the outer and middle toe con- 
nected at the base.” Ep. 
Tringa alpina. Tr. testaceo- Brisson av. v. 309. Hist. 
fusea, pectore nigricante, dois. vil. 553. Pl. Eni. 
rectricibus cinereo-albidis, 852. j 
pedibus fuscentibus. Lath. Danis Domsneppe, Ryle. 
Ind. orn. 736. td. Syn. v. Brunnich, 167, & 173. 
185. zd. Sup. 249. Kleinste Schnepfe, or Kleinste 
Wil. orn. 205. Sandleeuffer. Frisch, ii: 
Rai Syn. av. 109. 241. : 
Tringaalpina. Gm. Lin. 249. Br. Zool. 126. tab. E. 1. fig. 
Faun. Suec. sp. 181. 2. Arct. Zool. ii. 181. 
La Beccassine d’ Angleterre. 
Tuts species is at once distinguished from 
the others by the singularity ofits colors. The 
back, head, and upper part of the neck, are fer- 
ruginous, marked with large black spots; the 
lower part of the neck white, marked with 
short dusky streaks; the coverts of the wings 
ash color; the belly white, marked with large 
black spots, or with a black crescent pointing 
towards the thighs; the tail ash colored, the 
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