374 P U R R E. ClafsII 



XII. The DUNLIN. 



fflil. orn. 20^. fan av. v. 309. 



Raiijyn. av. 109. Danis Domfneppe, Kyle. Brun- 



Tringa alpina. Lin.fyft. 249. nich 167. & 173. 



Faun. Suec.fp. 181. Br. Zool. \zb. tab. fg-t- 



La Beccaffine d'Angleterre. i?r?/£ 



THIS fpecies is at once diftinguifhed from the. 

 others by the Angularity of its colors. The 

 back, head, and upper part of the neck are ferru- 

 ginous, marked with large black fpots : the coverts 

 of the wings afh-color? the belly white, marked 

 with large black fpots, or with a black crefcent 

 pointing towards the thighs. In fize it is fuperior to 

 that of a lark. Thefe birds are found on our fea coafts ; 

 but may be reckoned among the more rare kinds. 

 They lay four eggs of a dirty white color, blotched 

 with brown round the thicker end, and marked with 

 a few fmall fpots of the fame color on the fmaller 

 end. 



XIII. The P U R R E. 



L'AIlouette de Mer. Be/on av. fyn. a<v. 1 10. 



213. N. Com. Petr. iv. 428. 



Cinclus five Motacilla Maritima, .L'AIlouette de Mer, Cinclus, 



Lysfelicker. Gefner a~u. 616. Brijfon a<v. V. zi'i. tab. 19, 



Giarolo. Aldr.au. iii. 188. fig. r. 



The Stint. WiUarn.jp^. Tringa cinclus. Lin. fyjl. 251. 



Stint, wkSvJftx the Ox-eye. Rail Br. Zool. 126, 



Defer T^IS bird is inferior in fize to the former. The 



"*■ head and hind part of the neck are afh- colored, 



marked with dusky lines: a white ftroke divides the 



bill 



