148 BAY-BIRDS. 
ish white; deeper red on the back; lower part of 
the breast, abdomen, and sides of the body pure 
white; tarsi and feet black ; claws small, compress- 
ed; primaries, outer webs, black; inner webs light 
brown; shafts brown at the base, tips black, rest 
parts white ; secondaries light brown, broadly mar- 
gined with white. Winter dress, lower parts white ; 
upper parts greyish-white, intermixed with black or 
dusky, darkest on the back. Length seven inches 
and three-quarters, wing four and seven-eighths.”— 
Giraud. 
TURNSTONE. 
Genus Strepsilas. 
Generic Distinctions—Bill shorter than the head, 
strong, tapering, compressed, and blunt ; neck rather 
short; body full; wings long, of moderate breadth, 
and pointed ; tail round, rather short, and composed 
of twelve feathers ; tarsus equal to the middle toe, 
and rather stout ; hind toe small, fore-toes free, with 
a narrow margin. 
Brant-Birp. 
Horse-foot Snipe, Turnstone, Beach-Robins. 
Strepsilas Interpres. 
This is a beautiful bird, and stools pretty well, 
but is rare and mostly solitary ; its young are at Egg 
Harbor sometimes termed beach-birds. The brant- 
bird is considered good eating. It feeds on the eggs 
of the king-crab or horse-foot, which it digs up by 
jumping in the air and striking with both its feet at 
