. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . for the sizeof the bird. The food is the same as that of the other members ofthe family in captivity, like which it is by no means difficultto preserve in a suitably appointed place, if fed as nearlyas possible on its natural diet. The young at first arethickly coated with grey yellowish down, they have ablack mark on the head, and another along the centreof the back. The Dunlin, or Purre. This bird has a very snipish appearance, and notunfrequently does duty for a Snipe on the
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . for the sizeof the bird. The food is the same as that of the other members ofthe family in captivity, like which it is by no means difficultto preserve in a suitably appointed place, if fed as nearlyas possible on its natural diet. The young at first arethickly coated with grey yellowish down, they have ablack mark on the head, and another along the centreof the back. The Dunlin, or Purre. This bird has a very snipish appearance, and notunfrequently does duty for a Snipe on the table; itis, however, one of the Sandpipers, and is very abundantthroughout the British isles. It is essentially a sea-sidebird, and is very seldom found at any distance inland:when so seen it has been driven in by stress of weather. i8o BRITISH BIRDS, The eggs, large for the size of the bird that producesthem, are four in number, of a greenish-\vhite colourspotted with brown, more especially at the larger end;they vary, however, a good deal in appearance. Theyoung run about as soon as born. The general colour. is brown, lighter above than below, but the breast islight grey spotted with brown, and the vent grey of alighter shade still without spots. The legs are dark is sometimes called the Plovers Page, Sea Snipe,Purre, Stint and Dunlin Sandpiper, a confusion ofepitaphs that is decidedly misleading. THE SCANDINAVIAN RAVEN. See Raven. THE SCAUP. See under Ducks. FOI-:^ CAGES AND AVIARIES. i8i THE COMMON SCOTER. This is a migratory species, arriving in September fromthe north and returning thither in ^larch. It flies high,
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