The Turnstone.-] OF ORKNEY. 87 



Species 3. The Turnstone. 



Tringa Interpres ; T. pedibus rubris ; corpore nigro, albo ferugineoqtie vario ; 

 pectore abdomineque albo, Lin. Sys. 



THE Tringa Interpres of Linnaeus comes to us in hard 

 snowy winters, when it may be shot, in small flocks of six or 

 seven by the sea-side, but never stays our summer. Retires, 

 I suppose, to Norway and other northern countries to build, 

 with the other grallae ; a small part of those which visit us in 

 winter, staying with us in summer. 



Species 4. The Purre. 



The Stint, Will. Orn. 305. Stint, in Sussex the Ox-eye, Rail Syn. AV. 110. 

 Tringa Cinclus, 251. Lin. Sys. Brit. Zool. 374. Brit. Zool. Iltus. tab. iG.Jig. 1. 



TH i s bird is found in small flocks round our shores in win- 

 ter, and in spring withdraws to the moors, where it breeds 

 with the sea-larks ; I have several times shot it with them in 

 May or June* but never have seen its nest or eggs. 



