28 BRITISH BIRDS. 



red ; but some of the scapulars next to the Avings 

 are partly edged with white: tertials long, and 

 deeply edged and tipped with a fine pale rufous 

 brown : ridge of the wings and bastard quills 

 brownish black: lesser coverts adjoining the ridge, 

 white: primaries and secondaries black, the bases 

 of the former, and tips of the latter, white; the 

 greater coverts are also deeply tipped with white, 

 which, when the wing is extended, forms a bar 

 quite across it : the under parts of the plumage, the 

 back, and tail coverts are white, excepting a black 

 patch which crosses the rump. The tail consists of 

 twelve black feathers, tipped with white, except the 

 two middle ones, which are entirely black: legs 

 and toes short, and orange red. The male excels 

 the female in the beauty of his plumage; her pie- 

 bald marks are not so distinct, and her colours are 

 uniformly more dull and confused. 



Turnstones frequent the sea-shores in various 

 parts of Great Britain, and have obtained their 

 name from their manner of turning over small 

 stones in quest of their prey, which consists of 

 small marine insects, worms, and bivalve shell-fish. 



