52 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF I'LORIDA. 



Family APIIRIZID^^. Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



Arenaria interpres. 



Length, 8.60; Wing, 5.70; Tail, 2.60; Tarsus, i ; 

 Bill, .95. 



Arenaria interpres. 

 Turnstone. Seepage:'', 



Family HyEMATOPODID^. Oyster-catciiers. 



Hxmatopus pnlliatus. 



Lcmrf/i, 18.50; Wins;-, 10.50; Tarsus. 2.t,S'' Bill, 3.50. 



^^ , 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 i. 1-4. Ha;matupus pdUiatus (bill). 



Head, neck, and back black ; under parts white ; 



bill orange red in winter, deep red in summer. HcematopUS palliatus. 



Oyster=catcher. See page i'>4 



