TURNSTONE 243 
has not yet been recorded from the British Isles) small 
batches of immature birds, with perhaps a few adults 
among them, are to be met with in many localities. The 
Turnstone is, however, better known as a bird of passage 
in spring and autumn, many remaining with us throughout 
the winter. 
In August and September the numbers increase con- 
siderably along our shores, the same may be said with 
regard to the months of May and June. At these seasons 
of the year I have seen groups of from twenty to forty 
together, but in winter’ small wisps of two or three, or even 
single birds, are more common. 
Fie. 33.—HEAD OF TURNSTONE. }} Nat.size. (Nuptial plumage, male.) 
The Turnstone is essentially a shore-bird. It is particu- 
larly partial to the Fucus-covered rocks when laid bare at 
ebb-tide (Plate XX VIIL.). On these rocks small parties may 
be seen, often in company with Oyster-catchers, Redshanks, 
Purple Sandpipers, and other shore-birds. Sand-banks and 
ooze-flats are also resorted to, chiefly by immature birds, 
which in autumn frequently associate with Sanderlings. 
Turnstones have also been observed on the banks of rivers 
and inland lakes. 
large-sized ova. On June 4th of the same year I saw a flock of twenty- 
eight birds on the rocks along the Dublin coast, and on July 5th noticed 
forty together in the same situation. There were but a few adults 
among them. 
' On February 18th, 1900, I noted as many as twenty together on the 
rocks of the Dublin coast, and on March 380th counted thirty in a similar 
locality. 
