142 STREPSILAS. TURNSTONE. 



elongated and tapering. Tail rather short, a little rounded, 

 of twelve straight, rather broad and rounded feathers. 



Tins genus is very intimately allied to Hoematopus, 

 agreeing with it in almost every particular, excepting the 

 form of the bill, which, besides being shorter, is depressed, 

 instead of being compressed, at the end. Only one species 

 is as yet known, of which, however, the distribution has 

 been traced to the greater part of Europe, the Cape of Good 

 Hope, various countries of Asia, Australia, and the northern 

 parts of America. 



