ADDENDA 205 
(length 8 inches), a swmmer visitor, is the bird 
with curved snipe-like wings, brownish back, 
and white under parts, and quick snipe-like 
(but hesitating) flight, that keeps flying on 
before you and pitching again, or crosses to 
the other side of the water as you approach, 
and utters a ‘wheet, wheet, wheet.’ (There 
are varieties of this bird.) The Sanderling, 
a winter visitor (length 8 inches) whistles 
continuously as it flies right away. The 
plumage is lighter than that of the sandpiper. 
The note of the Dunlin (length 7 to 8 inches) 
spelt ‘kwee, kwee’ is uttered on first taking 
flight, or running on the pebbles or sand. It 
is the commonest of these birds in this coun- 
try. It has a reddish, black streaked crown, 
the throat and upper breast are greyish-white 
and striped, wings black and grey. The 
Dotterell (g inches), a summer visitor, has black, 
white, brown and red plumage. Notes feeble 
and soft, some compare them to the linnet’s, 
spelt, ‘ durr, droo.’ 
All these birds are found in flocks in various 
parts at the seaside, especially in winter. 
