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DWARF HERON. 



birds which have a double annual moulting. The young birds appear 

 first in the plumage of the Purre, and the old birds throw off the Dunlin 

 plumage at the close of the breeding season ; and, like their young, con- 

 tinue the whole winter in that dress by which they have been distin- 

 guished under the name of Purre.* 



DUNNOCK.— A name for the Hedge Chanter. 



DUNPICKLE. — A name for the Moor Buzzard. 



DUNTER. — A name for the Eider Duck. 



DUSKY DUCK.— A name for the Harlequin Duck. 



DUSKY GODWIT (Totanus fuscus, Leisler,) 



•Totanus natans, Bechst. Naturg. 4. 227. 2 Tringa Totanus, Meyer, Vog. 200. 1. 



Tringa fusca, Linn. 12th edit. p. 252 — Scolopax curonica, Gmel. Syst. 1. 669. 



46 Lath. Index, 2. p. 724. sp. 37. — Scolopax Cantabrigensis, Gmel. Syst. 1. 



p. 668. sp. 45 Lath. Ind. p. 721. sp. 23 Chevalier de Courlande, Buff. 



par Sonnini, 22. 102 Courland Snipe, Lath. Syn. Supp. 2. p.310. — Cambridge 



Godwit, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. p. 446 — Mont. Diet. 



YOUNG. 



Scolopax Totanus, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 655. sp. 12 — Lath. Ind. 2. p. 721. sp. 24 



Totanus maculatus, Bechst. Naturg. 4. 203 — Spotted Snipe, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 149. 

 sp. 19. var. A Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 467. No. 374 Mont. Diet, and Supp. 



BREEDING PLUMAGE. 



Totanus fuscus, Bechst. Naturg. 4. p. 212. — Scolopax fusca, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 657. 



sp. 5 Lath. Ind. 2. p. 724. sp. 35 — Tringa atra, Gmel. Syst. l.p. 673. sp. 



26 Lath. Ind. 2. p. 738. sp. 43 — Tringa fusca, Falck. Reis. 3. p. 376 



Chevalier noir, Cuv. Reg. Anim. l.fp. 493 — Barge brune, Buff. 7. p. 503 



Dusky Snipe, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 155. — Black-headed Snipe, Lath. Syn. Supp. 2. 

 p. 313. 



The confusion which has taken place with regard to this bird, may be 

 seen from the preceding list of synonimes. It is described by Fleming 

 as having the base of the lowest mandible and feet red ; rump white ; 

 tail coverts with cross black and white rays. The length is twelve and 

 the breadth twenty-two inches ; weight five ounces ; bill upwards of two 

 inches in length, black ; the base of the lower mandible and feet red ; 

 face and plumage above dusky ; back, wing-coverts, and scapulars, with 

 white spots ; beneath, dusky tinged with grey, the tips of the feathers 

 white. In winter, the plumage, above, has a greyish tinge ; below, 

 white ; lores dusky. 



The young birds have the plumage with a tinge of olive brown ; 

 scapulars and wing-coverts with triangular black spots ; belly whitish, 

 with zig-zag lines and spots of brownish ash. 



It appears to breed far north, and is observed on our coasts during 

 winter, or by the sides of rivers and lakes. Its food is chiefly small 

 fresh -water or land shells, which it prefers to insects or worms.* 



DUSKY GREBE— The young of the Horned Grebe. 



DUSKY SNIPE.— A name for the Dusky Godwit. 



DWARF HERON.— A name for the Egret. 



