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when alarmed, it moves off in a confused and irregular manner, 

 uttering- a shrill twittei". During the month of October, it mi- 

 grates southward. 



" Early in spring it appears on the shores of New-Jersey and 

 Long Island, and like the Semipalmated Sandpiper, numbers 

 are seen during the summer months ; but in either locality their 

 nests are not found, and I am not aware that they breed within 

 the limits of the Union. On the coast of Labrador, during the 

 breeding season, both species were observed by Mr. Audubon." 



No. 12. The Turnstone — StrepsUas Lfterpres* — Vulgo, Brant 

 Bird — Horsefoot Snipe. 



Tringa Interpres, Wils. Amer. Orn. Strepsilas interpres, Bonap. Syn. Strep- 

 silas interpros, Turnstone, Sw. & Rich. Turnstone or Sea Dotterel, Nutt. 

 Mann. Turnstone, Strepsilas interpres, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



" Specific Character. — Bill black ; feet orange ; the head and 

 sides of the neck streaked and patched with black and white ; 

 fore part of the neck and upper portion of the sides of the 

 breast black ; lower parts, hind part of the back, and upper tail 

 coverts white ; rump dusky ; rest of the upper parts reddish- 

 brown, mottled with black ; primaries dusky ; a band across 

 the wings, and the throat white. Young with the head and 

 neck all round, fore part of the back, and sides of the breast, 

 dusky-brown, streaked and margined with grayish-wh te ; wino- 

 coverts and tertials broadly margined with dull reddish-brown. 

 It can at all times be identified by its having the throat, lower 

 parts, hind part of the back, and the upper tail coverts white, 

 and the feathers on the rump dusky. Adult with the bill black ; 

 throat white ; sides of the head mottled with black and white ; 

 crown streaked with black on white ground; on the hind neck 

 a patch of white ; a patch of black on the sides of the neck, of 



* There has been much confusion in the classification and nomenclature of 

 these birds. This and the following species were formerly classed as Tringa, 

 Sandpipers. I have therefore placed them next in order. 



