BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE TURNSTONE. 



SEA DOTTEREL, OR HKBRIDAL SANDPIPER. 



reps i Ins Collar is, Temm. Tourne-pierrc a collier, 

 Temm. 



THIS is a plump-made, and prettily variegated 

 bird, and measures about eight inches and a quar- 

 ter in length. The bill is black, straight, strong, 

 and not more than an inch in length: the ground 

 colour of the head and neck white, with small spots 

 on the crown and hinder parts ; a black stroke 

 crosses the forehead to the eyes; the auriculars are 

 formed by a patch of the same colour, which, point- 

 ing forward to the corners of the mouth, and falling 

 down, is spread over the sides of the breast, whence 

 ascends another branch, which, like a band, goes 



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