64 BRITISH BIRDS ~ 
bright orange-red beak and black and white plumage. Seo 
the figure, The lower back, rump, and basal half of tail 
white. Legs flesh-colour. After the 
autumn moult the black of the neck is 
broken by an irregular band of white. 
The fledgling has pale buff margins on 
the wings and tail-coverts. 
Nest. On rough ground, rocks, or sand ; 
usually near the sea. A scrape lined with 
pebbles, shells, bits of grass, and other 
material. 
Eggs. Usually 3. Yellowish or rufous- 
yellow spotted, blotched, and scrawled with black-brown and 
underlying ash. Greenish-blue ground rare. Av. size, 2°22 
x 154 in. Laying begins usually in early May. One brood. 
128. Turnstone [Arenaria interpres (Linnzeus); Strepsilas 
interpres (Linneeus)]|. Name due to habit of turning over 
stones in search of food. Winter visitor to our shores and 
bird of passage. Seen also in summer, but evidence of 
breeding slight. 
Bird. Length 8 in. In summer the crown and nape are 
white streaked black, the white of the nape extending to 
form a band down each side of the neck. The mantle mostly 
boldly marked with black and chestnut. The white of the 
lower back and upper tail-coverts is divided by the black of 
the rump. Tail mostly dark grey with white bases and tips. 
Under-parts white, except the forebreast and neck-band, which 
are black. Beak black. Legs orange-red. After the autumn 
moult the upper-parts are mostly brown, with dusky brown 
centres to the feathers. Throat white. Breast as back. 
Belly white. Sides of the head ash-brown mixed with white. 
(5) Family: Charadride. (d) Subfamily: Tringine. 
129. Dunlin [Hrolia alpina alpina (Linneus); Tringa 
alpina Linneus|. Very common 
winter visitor on our coasts, where 
non-breeding birds can also be seen 
insummer. Breeds in Scotland, and 
very sparingly elsewhere. 
Bird. Length 74 in. Sexes alike, 
but female larger. The accompany- 
ing figure of the dunlin may be taken 
*~ as generally typical of the Family, 
its members having long legs en- 
abling them to wade in shallow 
