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THARADRIIDE, 



GRALLATORES. 



CllARADRllDJE. 





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<Sl^/|li/v' 



THE TURNSTONE. 



Tringa interpres. The Turnstone, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 83. 



,, ,, Hebridal Sandpiper, ,, ,, ,i P- 84. 



,, ,, The Turnstone, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 116. 



,, morinella, ,, ,, ,, ,, p. 118. 



Strepsilas interpres. Common Turnstone,Yi.T:M. Brit. An. p. 110. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 204. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 182. 



,, coUaris, The ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



,, ,, Tour ne pierre a collier, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii- 



p. 553. 



Strepsilas. Generic Characters. — Beak as short as the head, strong, thick 

 at the base, tapering gradually to the point, forming an elongated cone ; upper 

 mandible the longest, rather blunt at the end. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, 

 pervious, partly covered by a membrane. Wings long, pointed, the first quill 



