lOi TEMMINCK*S DUNLIN. 
Temminck gives the following description of this 
species : Length five inches and a half : beak very 
slightly bent at its point, and shorter than the head : 
tail somewhat wedged, the three exterior feathers 
pure white : all the upper parts of the bird of a clear 
brown-ash, with a dusky-brown stripe on the shafts : 
the breast and fore part of the neck of a reddish-ash : 
the throat and all the under parts of the body, with 
the three lateral tail-feathers, and its lateral coverts, 
pure white : the intermediate coverts dusky : the 
four inner tail feathers brown-grey : the beak and 
feet are brown. This is said to be the winter 
plumage; that of the summer is as follows. All the 
feathers of the upper parts are of a deep black in 
the middle, edged with a band of rufous : the fore- 
head, fore part of the neck, and breast, are of an 
ash-red, with very small longitudinal black stripes : 
the throat and under parts are pure white : the four 
inner tail-feathers are dusky-brown. The young differ 
in having the whole of the upper parts of a greyish- 
black, with the nape palest ; all the feathers, except 
those of the nape, bordered with a narrow yellowish 
band ; the scapulars have also a slight black band to- 
wards their tips : the breast and neck are ash, alightly 
tinged with rufous : the throat, eyebrows, and under 
parts are pure white : the feet are dusky green. 
This species inhabits the Arctic regions, where it 
is supposed to breed : it feeds on small insects. May 
not this be the same as the preceding ? 
