. A history of British birds . edged with greyish-white; primaries dusky-black withwhite shafts; secondaries dusky-brown with minute tips ofwhite ; tertials dusky-brown, margined with ash-grey ; uppertail-coverts white; two middle tail-feathers pointed, longerthan the others, and dark brown ; the rest ash-brown; chinwhite; cheeks, sides of the neck, and upper part of thebreast, greyish-white, speckled with dusky; axillary plumewhite ; belly and under tail-coverts also white; legs, toes,and claws almost black, tinged with green. The whole length of the adult male is seven inches anda half. From
. A history of British birds . edged with greyish-white; primaries dusky-black withwhite shafts; secondaries dusky-brown with minute tips ofwhite ; tertials dusky-brown, margined with ash-grey ; uppertail-coverts white; two middle tail-feathers pointed, longerthan the others, and dark brown ; the rest ash-brown; chinwhite; cheeks, sides of the neck, and upper part of thebreast, greyish-white, speckled with dusky; axillary plumewhite ; belly and under tail-coverts also white; legs, toes,and claws almost black, tinged with green. The whole length of the adult male is seven inches anda half. From the carpal joint of the wing to the end of thefirst quill-feather, which is the longest, four inches and three-quarters. The female is a trifle larger and more richlycoloured. In its winter plumage, which is grey, BonajjartesSandpiper may be distinguished from the Dunlin by itsconspicuously white rump, by the total absence of any blackspots on the breast, and by a more defined white eye-streak. DUNLTN. UMTCOLM. SCOLOPACIDJ^... Tringa alpina, Linnaeus.* THE DUNLIN. T, iiif/a cai-iahilis. This species, known all round our coast by some one ormore of the following names :—viz., Dunlin,f Purre (SirThomas Browne writes it, Cliurr), Stint, Ox-Bird, Sea Snipe,&c., is the most numerous of all the Sandpipers frequent-ing our shores and tidal rivers, and may be seen therethroughout the year, except for a short time at the breeding-season ; nor is it very often seen inland at any other in summer, however, flocks of birds of the previousyear which have not attained the breeding plumage may beobserved on the Spurn in Yorkshire, and in similar suitablelocalities on our coasts. During autumn, particularly when * Sjst. Nat. Ed. 12. i. p. 249 (1766). f In the Durham Household Book, 1534, the word is spelt Dunling, andMr. Harting suggests (Zool. 1881, p. 444) tliat it may be a diminutive, likeGosling, Duckling. VOL. HI. 3 C 378 the new broods come down from their su
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