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RED DUNLIN. 
(Pelidna subarcuata.) 
Pe. rostro capite longiore, paulo arcuato, redricibus chiahus 
mcdiis rotundatis. 
Dunlin with the beak longer than the head, slightly bent down, 
the two middle tail-feathers rounded. 
Tringa subarquata. Temm. man. d'Orn. 393. Id. 2 Edit. 2. 
609. 
Scolopax subarquata. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 658. 
L'Alouette de mer ordinaire. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 490. 
Red Sandpiper. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 476. Lath. Gen, Si/n. 
5. 186. 
Winter Dress. — Scolopax Africana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 655. 
Numenius Africanus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 712, 
L'Alouette de mer. Bicff. PI. Enl. 85 1 . 
Cape Curlew. Lath. Gen. Sijn. 5. 126. 
The summer plumage of this species answers to 
the following description : its forehead, eyebrows, 
and throat are white dotted with brown : the top of 
the head is black, edged with rufous : the nape is 
red, with small longitudinal black dashes : the neck, 
breast, and under parts are red chesnut ; sometimes, 
according to the time of year, marked with small 
black spots, or variegated with white : tail-coverts 
white, transversely rayed with black and red : the 
back, scapulars, and large wing-coverts of a deep 
black ; on the edge of the feathers is a range of 
angulated bright red spots, the greater portion of 
which are terminated with bright ash : the rest of the 
