THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 147 



nilher rare, arriving early in May, and Beesley 1 (1857) listed it as a 

 rare Breeder. 



Mr. Scott- did not find it on Long Beach in 1877, nor did Dr. W. 

 I,. Abbott or Mr. Laurent find any on Five Mile Beach from 1877 to 

 1892. There is, however, a set of eggs in Mrs. E. Drown's collection 

 said to have been taken at Beach Haven June 26th, 1886. 



In 1886 Mr. H. G. Parker 3 stated that they still bred on Seven Mile 

 Beach, but that is the last record of the species with which I am 

 acquainted. Mr. Shick 4 does not mention them as occurring on this 

 beach in his paper of 1890. 



Family APHRIZID-ffi. 



THE TURNSTONES. 



Close relatives of the Plover and Snipe, and strictly maritime birds, 

 frequenting the beaches and turning over pebbles, shells and beach 

 "trash" in search of food. We have but one species. 



283 Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnaeus). 

 Turnstone, Calico-back. 



Adults. Length, 9-9.75. Wing, 6. Above, coarsely mottled with black, 

 white and rusty ; back of neck, upper tail-coverts, base and tip of tail, white ; 

 throat, sides of face, breast and abdomen, white ; a black line from the eye and 

 another from the bill join a large black area covering the lower neck and sides 

 of the breast, and reaching up, almost form a collar. 



Young in first autumn. No rusty on upper parts, breast mottled with dusky. 



Common transient, occurring May 1st to June 1st and August 1st 

 to September 15th. 



Dr. C. C. Abbott (1868) states that specimens have twice been shot 

 on the Delaware, at Trenton, after severe storms, and there are 

 other records for the river in early years. One of these was a specimen 



1 Geology of Cape May, p. 143. 



2 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1879. p. 224. 



3 O. and O., 1886, p. 140. 



4 Auk, 1890, p. 326. 



