Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 



431 



Summer. 



Turnstone. 



Winter. 



Length, 8.65; wing, 5.70; tail, 2.60; tarsus, i; bill, .95. 



The Turnstone is not uncommon in Illinois and Wisconsin dur- 

 ing the migrations, principally on the shores of Lake Michigan. It 

 has received its name from the manner in which it turns over small 

 pebbles and shells while searching for the small crustaceans and in- 

 sects upon which it feeds. 



