BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE TURNSTONE. 



WINTER PLUMAGE. 



THE bill is short, strong, thick at the base, and 

 of a dark horn-colour, tinged with red: the crown 

 and hinder part of the head are dusky, edged with 

 greyish brown; the fore part, from the eyes to the 

 bill, pale brown; a curved patch or band of the 

 latter colour bounds the lower part of the neck, 

 points forward, and falls down towards the points 

 of the wings ; between this band and the head is a 

 demi-ring of brownish black, which nearly sur- 

 rounds the neck, a branch from which strikes 

 upwards to the corners of the mouth, and another 

 falls down, forming a kind of inverted gorget on 

 the fore part of the neck, and sides of the breast : 

 the colour of the throat is white, which tapers to a 

 point on the fore part of the neck : upper parts of 

 the plumage dusky, edged with rusty or brownish 



