276 BIRDS OF DAMAEA LAND. 



321. -ffigialites hiaticilla, Linn. Ringed Plover. 



Charadrius hiaticula, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 296. 



Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 90. 



Layard's Cat. No. 567. 



Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 415. 



This Plover occurs at certain seasons at Walwich Bay, 

 but only very sparingly elsewhere. 



The hides are intensely dark brown; the legs yellowish ; 

 the bill black, except the base, which is yellowish, espe- 

 cially on the under mandible. 



[The collection of Mr. J. E. Harting comprises a specimen of 

 this Plover, obtained by Mr. Andersson at Walwich Bay, 

 October 22nd, 1863. ED.] 



322. CincluS interpres (Linn.). Common Turnstone. 



Strepsilas collaris, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 318. 



Strepsilas interpres, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 



1852, p. 159. 



Cinclus interpres, Layard's Cat. No. 572. 

 Tringa interpres, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 416. 

 Strepsilas interpres, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vb'gel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 662. 

 Cinclus interpres, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10068. 



The Turnstone is pretty common all along the South- 

 west coast of Africa, and is found either in pairs or in 

 small flocks. 



I never met with the nest of this species in Africa, 

 although I was acquainted with its mode of nidification 

 from having seen its nests on the coast of Sweden. 



The irides are dark brown, the bill black, the legs 

 and toes yellow, with a purple tint about the joints. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained a male Turnstone 



