84 Birds of Canada. 



s intcrpres. The Turnstone. 

 The Turnstone breeds in Manitoba. Visits 

 Canada in small numbers in the spring and fall. 

 Color, black, rufous, and white, above ; abdomen, 

 white ; head and neck, marked with stripes of 

 brownish-black. 



.$. mclanoccpJiala. The Black Turnstone. 



This species is an accidental visitor. Color, 

 darker than the preceding. Length, eleven inches. 



FAMILY RECURVIROSTRID^E. THE 



A VOSETS. 



Rccurvirostra amcricana. The American Avoset. 

 The Avoset is quite accidental in Canada. On 

 the shores of the Caspian and the salt lakes of 

 Tartary they are very abundant. Specimen-, 

 have been shot late in the fall on the island, 

 opposite Toronto. Length, seventeen inches ; 

 The head and neck, pale reddish-brown ; back 

 and quills, black ; other parts, white. The bill, 

 which is three inches long, turns up like a hook, 

 and is flat, thin, and sharp. 



FAMILY PHALAROPODID.E. THE 



PHALAROPES. 

 Phalaropns hypcrborens. The Northern 



Phalarope. 



The Northern Phalarope is an occasional 

 spring and fall visitor in Canada. Breeds in 



