eggs of the Dunlin very generally did duty in “ British ”
collections for those of the former bird until 'the indefatigable
researches of the late Mr. John Wolley in
Lapland taught us the entire difference between the
productions of the two species in question, and proved
satisfactorily that no British egg of the Jack-Snipe had
ever been seen. I have kept a few Dunlins in our
aviaries; but have found that they either refuse to feed,
and pine to death in a few days, or feed so ravenously
that the same result ensues from the exactly opposite
cause—plethora.
The ordinary note of the Dunlin is a piping whistle;
but I have been assured that in the pairing-season the
male “ sings on wing like a Lark.” I find, however,
that my standard authority only credits our bird at
that season with the utterance of a prolonged and
somewhat monotonous “ dwee
