98 
PURRE DUNLIN. 
(Pelidna variabilis.) 
Pe. rostro fere recto, (qnce paido inclinalo, capite sublongiore, 
rectricibus duabus niediis elongatis acutisque. 
Dunlin with the beak nearly straight, its tip slightly inclined, 
scarcely longer than the head, the two middle tail-feathers 
elongated and pointed. 
Tringa variabilis. {ISleyer). Temm. man- d'Oni. 395. Sabine, 
Frank. Journ. App. 686. 
Becasseau brunette, ou variable. Temm. man. d'Orn. 395. Id. 
2 Edit, ii, 622. 
L'Alouette de mer a collier. Cuv. Reg. Ani»i. 1 . 490. 
Tringa alpina. Sabine, Linn. Trans, xii. 534. 
Summer Plumage. — Tringa alpina. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 249. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 676. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 736. 
Dunlin. Raii, Syn. 109. A. 11. Perm. Brit. Zool. 2. 205. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 185. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 249. Mont. 
Orn. Diet. 1. Supp. and App. IValc. Syn. 2. 151. Leivin. 
Brit. Birds, 5. 176. Beiv. Brit. Birds, 2. 117. 
Red-backed Sandpiper. Wils. Amer. Orn. 7. 25. pi. Ivi.y*. 2. 
Winter Plumage. — Tringa cinclus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 251. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 680. Lath. Jnd. Orn. 2. 735. Raii, 
Syn. \m. A. 13. 
Cinclus. Briss. Orn. 5. 2\\.pl. 19./. I. 
Tringa ruficollis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 680. Latli. Lid. Orn. 2. 
736. 
L'Alouette de mer. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 548. 
Purre. Peyin. Arct. Zool. 2. 475. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 206. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 182. Mont. Orn. Did. 2. Bexv. Brit. Birds, 
2. 119. Wils. Amer. Orn. 7. 39- pL 57./ 3. Don. Brit. 
Birds, 1. 32. Leiv. Brit. Birds, 5. /V. 174. PValc. Syn. 
2. pi. 150. 
Red-necked Purre. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 183. 
