170 SHOEE BIRDS. 



beside this call it gives a kind of scream in 

 spring, something like put of the common 

 Tern, and a rolling or scolding note. Common 

 on the coast and not unfrequent in the in- 

 terior near water. Flight, steady with long 

 wing beats varied with intervals of sailing. 



Fig. 140 



Turnstone. 1-5. 



In settling, the bird sails then suddenly 

 alights by dropping its long legs; when 

 down it often raises its long wings over its 

 back. Breeds in northern N. A., goes south 

 from July 15 to Aug. 15; winters from N. 

 C. southward, north in April and May. 



