338 STREPSILINZ—DROMADIN&. 
the others ; plumage variegated ; bill varied, stout; legs long or 
moderate. 
SUB-FAMILY, Strepsiline. 
Bill short, conical, with the culmen flattened, the tip com- 
pressed and truncated; upper mandible slightly turned upwards ; 
nostrils basal; wings long, very pointed; the first primary 
longest ; tail rounded, of twelve feathers; tarsus short ; tibia 
barely denuded ; toes divided to the base ; a moderate hind-toe ; 
claws short and pointed. 
Genus, Strepsilas, Lin. 
The characters are those of the family, of which it is the sole 
genus. 
Strepsilas interpres, Lin. 
860.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IL, p. 656; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 233. 
THE TURNSTONE. 
Length, 8:25; wing, 6; tail, 2:5 ; tarsus, 1; bill at front, 0°75. 
Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs orange-yellow. 
Head and neck white ; the crown of the head with some black 
stripes; a narrow black frontal band, continued behind the eye 
and meeting another narrow stripe of the same color from the 
base of the lower mandible; shortly beyond these unite into 
an incomplete collar, extending back along the sides of the . neck, 
and in front expanding and forming a broad gorget covering the 
breast, and which, at its termination below, sends up another 
incomplete band towards the shoulder of the wing; mantle 
and wings chesnut-brown mixed with black, especially on the 
scapulars ; coverts edged with grey and whitish; primaries 
black, stem of the first white ; secondaries tipped greyish ; back, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts white, crossed on the rump by a 
black band; tail white, with a broad subterminal band of 
black ; lower parts white. 
The female differs in having the colors not so distinct, and the 
white on the head and neck less pure. 
In winter plumage the colors are not so pure and rich in tint 
as In summer. 
The young have the upper plumage and sides of the neck and 
throat dark ashy-brown, the feathers edged paler and the lower 
parts white. | ; 
The Turnstone is a cold weather visitant to the sea-coast. It is 
common about the Kurrachee Harbour, but is somewhat rare 
lower down the coast. 
SuUB-FAMILY, Dromadine. 
Bill lengthened, compressed, smooth, barely grooved, very 
strong, with the culmen gently arching towards the tip, which is 
