. The birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature ... . ( 26 ) ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. SPE. XI. DUNLIN. PI. 177. Tringa Alpina. Lin. Syft. I. p. 249. Becafilne d'Angleterre. Brif. Orn. V. p. 309. The dunlin is about nine inches in length, fixteen in breadth, and weighs four ounces. The bill is black: the feathers on the crown of the head are dark brown, with ruft coloured edges: from the bill to the eye is a brownifh line, and over it one of dirty white: the feathers of the back, and fhoulders, black, moftly with ruft coloured edges, but a
. The birds of Great Britain, systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from nature ... . ( 26 ) ORD. I. GEN. VI. SANDPIPER. SPE. XI. DUNLIN. PI. 177. Tringa Alpina. Lin. Syft. I. p. 249. Becafilne d'Angleterre. Brif. Orn. V. p. 309. The dunlin is about nine inches in length, fixteen in breadth, and weighs four ounces. The bill is black: the feathers on the crown of the head are dark brown, with ruft coloured edges: from the bill to the eye is a brownifh line, and over it one of dirty white: the feathers of the back, and fhoulders, black, moftly with ruft coloured edges, but a few with whitilh; and on the back a few afh-coloured ones are interfperfed: the quill feathers, of a brownifh black, moftly edged with ruft colour: the under parts, white; ftreaked with dufky as far as the breaft, and irregularly marked with black about the middle of the belly: the two middle feathers of the tail, which terminate it with a point, are brown, marked with ruft-colour ; the others, pale brown: the legs, black. The plumage on the back of the female is moftly grey, only on the fhoulders there is a triangular fpot of plain ruft-coloured feathers ; and her breaft is lefs fpotted. This bird breeds in Scotland, and flocks have been feen alfo on the coafts of Yorkfhire, and various parts of Wales, in May and Auguft. It is more com- mon in America, and the northern parts of Europe. The egg is reprefented, in PL XXXVIII. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lewin, William, d. 1795.
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