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1. THE DUNLIN. PELIDNA ALPINA. 
Tringii alpina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1766); Dresser, B. 
Siur. viii. p. 21, pi. 548 (1876) ; B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 
169 (1883); Saunders, ed. Yarrell’s Brit. B. iii. p. 377 
(1883) ; Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 184 (1885) ; Saun- 
ders, Man. Brit. B. p. 569 (1889) ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. 
B. part xxiv. (1893). 
Tringa cindus, L.; Macgill. Brit. B. iv. p. 203 (1852). 
{P/aie LXXXVIL) 
Adult Male in Summer Plumage. — General colour above bright 
sandy-rufous, mottled with black centres to the feathers ; the 
markings longitudinal on the head and neck, broader on the 
latter ; on many of the feathers of the back and scapulars are 
remains of whitish edgings ; rump dusky-brown, with centres 
to the feathers ; the greater coverts edged with white at the 
tips ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark brown, the latter 
with white tips ; quills dusky-brown, with whitish shafts ; the 
secondaries white at base of inner web, and also fringed with 
white at the ends ; tail-feathers light brown, with white shafts 
and narrow white fringes ; lores and a faint eyebrow dull whitish, 
with tiny streaks of black ; sides of free sandy-rufous, lined with 
small streaks of blackish ; the cheeks and throat whiter, but 
similarly lined ; the lower throat tinged wdth sandy-buff ; fore- 
neck and chest white, with mesial streaks of black to all the 
feathers ; remainder of under surface pure white, with a large 
horse-shoe mark of black on the breast ; the lower flanks and 
under tail-coverts lined with blackish ; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries pure white, the primary-coverts light ashy, like the 
lower surface of the quills ; bill, legs, feet, and claws black ; 
iris hazel. Total length, 6-8 inches ; culmen, ri ; wing, 4-2 ; 
tail, I ‘9; tarsus, 0 9. 
AdultPemalo in Summer Plumage. — Similar to the male, but having 
the black horse-shoe markon the breast less strongly developed. 
In old birds, however, this is as strongly marked as in the male. 
Total length, 5-8 inches; culmen, 1-15 ; wing, 47; tail, i'8; 
tarsus, I'o. 
Adult in Winter Plumage. — General colour above ashy-brown, 
with slightly indicated dusky centres to a few of the feathers 
