3G2 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



175. STEEPSILAS INTEEPEES, 111. Eoskarl. The Turnstone. 



D. F. 



Length 9 in. ; colour above variegated, white, black, 

 and ferruginous ; throat, hinder part of the back, and 

 root of the tail white ; breast black ; tail shorter than 

 the closed wings ; beak and eyes black ; legs yellow- 

 red. 



Is common in the south of Sweden, and in the Baltic, 

 and on the Norwegian coast; goes up within the Polar 

 circle. I am not certain whether the turnstone does not as 

 often sit on three eggs as four. 



Gen. Hcematopus, L. 



Beak much longer than the head ; nostrils small, pierced 

 through ; tarsus reticulated ; outer and middle toe webbed ; 

 wings pointed ; first feather longest. 



176. H^MATOPUS OSTEALEGUS, L. Strand Skata. The 



Oyster-catcher. D. F. 



Length 16 in. ; wings even with the tail; bill 2-f- in. ; 

 colour of both sexes alike ; head, neck, scapulars, pri- 

 maries, and upper parts of the breast black ; the rest of 

 the body white ; beak, eyes, and legs blood red. The 

 winter dress is marked by a white semicircular cravat 

 on the throat. 



Common on most of the Scandinavian coasts, from 

 Scania up to within the Polar zone. I received a specimen 

 from Quickiock, which lies at least a hundred miles inland 

 from the sea, shot in July, 1863, and they are also some- 

 times seen on the Wener. I never saw more than three 

 eggs in a nest, often only two. 



Fam. 2. CULTEIEOSTEES, Cuv. 



Beak long, straight and sharp ; neck long ; legs high ; 

 four toes ; the point of the hinder toe does not reach the 

 ground; tibia in all, and the tarsi in some, reticulated; wings 

 round ; tail feathers twelve. 



All large waders ; sexes alike ; but the young do not 

 attain the mature dress until they are three years old, when 

 they commence breeding. 



