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170. TURNSTONE. 
This very handsomely plumaged bird inhabits the countries bordering on 
the Baltic, as also Greenland and other localities far to the north. Mr. 
Hewitson gives a most interesting account of his discovery of its nest in 
Norway :—“ We had visited numerous islands with little encouragement, 
and were about to land upon a flat rock, when our attention was attracted 
by the singular cry of a Turnstone. We remained in the boat a short time 
until we had watched it behind atuft of grass, near which after a minute 
search, we succeeded in finding the nest. It was placed against a ledge of 
the rock, and consisted of nothing more than the dropping leaves of the 
Juniper bush, under a creeping branch of which the eggs, four in number, 
were snugly concealed and sheltered.” Several other nests were also found 
in thecourse of further researches, which, however, were required to be both 
close and systematic. The eggs are of an olive-green colour, spotted and 
streaked with different shades of red-brown, and “all having a beautiful 
tint of purple or crimson, seen in few other eggs.” 
171, SANDERLING. 
It breeds in Greenland, Labrador and other Arctic countries. It makes 
its nest on marshy grounds, of grass, and lays four “ dusky-coloured eggs, 
spotted with black.” But little seems to be known of either the nidification 
or the eggs of this species, as no figure is given by either Mr. Hewitson or 
in the Reverend O. Morris’s book. 
237. HOOPER. 
Occasionally met with during the breeding season in Iceland, and more 
commonly in Lapland. They are described as inhabiting the most remote 
and inaccessible lakes and morasses in forest districts. The nest is made of 
any coarse water herbage which is suitable and at the same time accessible. 
It is large, and raised some inches above the surface of the supporting soil. 
The eggs are believed to be from three or four to seven in number, and are 
usually of a pale brownish white colour, extending to about 4 inches long by 
22 broad. 
245. PINTAIL. 
This Duck breeds in Iceland, and commonly in Lapland and some of the 
districts about the Gulf of Bothnia. It builds, like most others of its kind 
