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ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. 



SPE. XI. DUNLIN. 



PI. 177. 



Tringa Alpina. Lin. Syft. I. p. 249. 

 Becafilne d'Angleterre. Brif. Orn. V. p. 309. 



The dunlin is about nine inches in length, fixteen in breadth, and weighs 

 four ounces. The bill is black : the feathers on the crown of the head are 

 dark brown, with ruft coloured edges : from the bill to the eye is a brownifh 

 line, and over it one of dirty white : the feathers of the back, and fhoulders, 

 black, moftly with ruft coloured edges, but a few with whitilh ; and on the 

 back a few afh-coloured ones are interfperfed : the quill feathers, of a brownifh 

 black, moftly edged with ruft colour : the under parts, white ; ftreaked with 

 dufky as far as the breaft, and irregularly marked with black about the middle 

 of the belly : the two middle feathers of the tail, which terminate it with a 

 point, are brown, marked with ruft-colour ; the others, pale brown : the legs, 

 black. 



The plumage on the back of the female is moftly grey, only on the fhoulders 

 there is a triangular fpot of plain ruft-coloured feathers ; and her breaft is lefs 

 fpotted. 



This bird breeds in Scotland, and flocks have been feen alfo on the coafts of 

 Yorkfhire, and various parts of Wales, in May and Auguft. It is more com- 

 mon in America, and the northern parts of Europe. The egg is reprefented, 

 in PL XXXVIII. Fig. 3. 



