RUDDY TURNSTONE 



Charadrius semipalmatus, but forehead and sides 

 of head with more white interrupted by black 

 band from bill to eye. 



This very small South and Central American 

 species is found both along the coast and rivers, 

 but appears to be rare in the Canal Zone. 



6. Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnaeus) 

 Ruddy Turnstone 



Length, 241 mm. (9.50 in.); tail, 60 mm. (2.40 

 in.). 



Male in Summer. Strikingly variegated with 

 black, white and rufous. Head and neck largely 

 white, the crown streaked with black; back and 

 scapulars mostly bright rufous chestnut with 

 broad black bands; lower back white, upper tail 

 coverts black, tail white with a black band; 

 throat and bar on wing white; chest and breast 

 black, a black band extending forward and up- 

 ward across forehead, and two extending up on 

 sides of neck and chest; rest of under parts white. 

 Bill not longer than the head, tapering from the 

 middle to an acute tip, black; legs orange red. 



Female in summer and both sexes in winter. 

 With a similar pattern of coloration, but colors 

 duller, plain brown replacing the rufous chestnut, 

 the black areas broken by dull whitish tips to the 

 feathers, and restricted in extent and intensity. 



Young. Still plainer than winter adults, the 

 black areas replaced by dusky or grayish brown 

 and less well defined, often much restricted on 

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