FAMILY APHR1ZIDJS. SURF BIKDS AND TURNSTONES. 



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FAfllLY APHRIZID^E. 



Surf Birds and Turnstones. 



SUBFAMILY ARENARIIN^E. 

 Turnstones. 



Toes, four; lower back and rump, white 

 with black band. 



Summer. 



Turnstone. 



Winter. 



Adult in summer: General upper parts, mottled and yariegated with black, white, rufous, 

 and tawny ; throat and breast, black and white ; rest of underparts, white ; tail, with subter- 

 minal band of black, tipped with white. 



Adult in winter : Above, light, streaked and dashed with dark brown ; an imperfect band 

 of dark brown on the jugulum ; chin and upper part of the throat, white ; sides of breast, like 

 the back; rest of the uuderparts, white; a distinct white band on the wing; rump, white, but 

 with a broad patch of black on the upper tail coverts ; tail, dark brown, the tips and basal half 

 of the inner feathers, and nearly two thirds of the outer feathers, white; legs, reddish orange; 

 bill, black. 



Length, 8.65; wing, 5.70; tail, 2.60; tarsus, 1; bill, .95. 



Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. 

 See No. 232. 



