. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . DiSLwa. QB-S toivfi lyWC SevD-tsoiL. Day fclagie LiQ^- to Qve ] VARIABILIS, (jieyer.) Dunlin, Purre. The Dunlin breeds upon desert heaths and marshy moors,in situations similar to the Snipe ; in such places it is found,though not abundantly throughout the north of Britain.—I have found its nest in Shetland ; and Mr. Salmon has
. British oology : being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and coloured from nature : accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, &c. . DiSLwa. QB-S toivfi lyWC SevD-tsoiL. Day fclagie LiQ^- to Qve ] VARIABILIS, (jieyer.) Dunlin, Purre. The Dunlin breeds upon desert heaths and marshy moors,in situations similar to the Snipe ; in such places it is found,though not abundantly throughout the north of Britain.—I have found its nest in Shetland ; and Mr. Salmon has metwith it in abundance in Orkney ; from him I possess a verybeautiful and remarkable variety of the egg ; the groundcolour is of a bluish-white, with deep brown spots. TheDunlin breeds in May or June, and lays four eggs, in a slighthollow on the surface of the ground. CIT.
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