ADDENDA 195 
a gentle ‘peep’ which if you once hear you 
will know again. Most migrate but return at 
the end of Februray. Nests in April, on the 
ground, or in a tuft of grass, or in a bank 
(like the wagtails, which see, p. 129), and 
sometimes on the sea beach. (I have seen 
many of the birds in Guernsey.) Two or 
three nests each year. . 
The Woodcock (length 14 inches) is a winter 
visitor, arriving in October to November. 
It is long-beaked and like a snipe (but much 
larger), and is mottled brown and _black.1 
(Breeds, but rarely in some parts of England 
and Ireland.) Much sought after by sports- 
men. Flesh a delicacy. Flight rapid and 
very erratic, making it very difficult to shoot 
(compare the jack and the full snipe, Part IT, 
pp. 53 and 56). 
There are other birds also which you may 
occasionally see near London, or provincial 
towns, though not breeding near London, 
so far as I know. They are met with as birds 
of passage to other parts of the country. 
These I will briefly mention. 
1 In flight its tail looks short compared to the wings. 
