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STREPSILAS INTERPRES. THE COLLARED 

 TURNSTONE. 



Tringa Interpres. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 248. 



Tringa Morinella. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 249. 



Tringa Interpres. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 738. 



Turnstone. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Tourne-pierre a collier. Strepsilas collaris. Temm. Man. d'Om. II. 553. 



Strepsilas interpres. Common Turnstone. Flem. Brit. Anim. 110. 



Common Turnstone. Strepsilas Interpres. Selb. Illustr. II. 204. 



Strepsilas Interpres. Common Turnstone. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 182. 



Strepsilas Interpres. Bonap. Comp. List, 46. 



In winter, the middle of the bach and the loicer parts 

 white, the fore-neck black, the upper parts blackish-brown. 

 In summer, the upper parts variegated with black and 

 brownish-red. 



Male. — The Turnstone, which obtains its name from a 

 supposed habit of shifting or overturning small stones while 

 searching amongst them for food, is a lively and handsome 

 bird, about the size of the Dotterel. Although so much 



