84 Birds of Canada. 



Strepsilas interpres. The Turnstone. 

 The Turnstone breeds in Manitoba. Visits 

 Canada in small numbers in the spring and fall. 

 Color, black, rufous, and white, above ; abdomen, 

 white ; head and neck, marked with stripes of 

 brownish-black. 



5. melanocepliala. The Black Turnstone. 



This species is an accidental visitor. Color, 

 darker than the preceding. Length, eleven inches. 



FAMILY RECURVIROST-RID^E. THE 



A VOSETS. 

 Recurvirostra americana. The American Avoset. 



The Avoset is quite accidental in Canada. On 

 the shores of the Caspian and the salt lakes of 

 Tartary they are very abundant. Specimens 

 have been shot late in the fall on the island, 

 opposite Toronto. Length, seventeen inches ; 

 The head and neck, pale reddish-brown ; back 

 and quills, black ; other parts, white. The bill, 

 which is three inches long, turns up like a hook, 

 and is flat, thin, and sharp. 



FAMILY PHALAROPODIDyE. THE 



PHALAROPES. 

 Plialaropus liyperboreus. The Northern 



Phalarope. 



The Northern Phalarope is an occasional 

 spring and fall visitor in Canada. Breeds in 



