184 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



Family APIIRIZID/E. Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



Arenaria interpres. 



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



Bill, .95. Arenaria interpres. 



Turnstone. See page 296 



Family H/EMATOPODIDyE. Oyster-catchers. 



HEBtnatopus palliatus. 



Length, 18.50; Wing, 10.50; Tarsus, 2.35; Bill, 3.50. 



Head, neck, and back black ; under parts white ; Hsmatopus palliatus (bill), 



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



Oyster=catcher. See page 296 



