FAMILY APHRIZIDA:. — SURF BIRDS AND TURKNSTONES. 129 
FAMILY APHRIZIDAE. 
Surf Birds and Turnstones. 
SUBFAMILY ARENARIIN-AE. 
Turnstones. 
Toes, four; lower back and rump, white 
with black band. == 
Summer. Turnstone. Winter. 
Adult tn summer: General upper parts, mottled and variegated with black, white, rufous, 
and tawny; throat and breast, black and white; rest of underparts, white; tail, with subter- 
minal band of black, tipped with white. 
Adult in winter: Above, light, streaked and dashed with dark brown; an imperfect band 
of dark brown on the jugulum; chin and upper part of the throat, white; sides of breast, like 
the back; rest of the underparts, white; a distinct white band on the wing; rump, white, but 
with a broad patch of black on the upper tail coverts; tail, dark brown, the tips and basal half 
of the inner feathers, and nearly two thirds of the outer feathers, white; legs, reddish orange ; 
bill, black. 
Length, 8.65; wing, 5.70; tail, 2.60; tarsus, 1; bill, .95. 
Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. 
See No. 232. 
