486 



GRALLATORES. 



CHARADRHDjE. 



CHARADRHDjE. 





THE TURNSTONE. 



Tringa interpres, 



The Turnstone, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 83. 



Hebridal Sandpiper, p. 84. 



The Turnstone, 



Strepsilas interpres, Common Turnstone, 



coUaris, Tlie 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 116. 



P- I 18 - 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 110. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 204. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 182. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Tourne pierre a collier, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 553. 



STREPSILAS. Generic Characters, Beak as short as the head, strong, thick at 

 the base, tapering gradually to the point, forming an elongated cone ; upper man- 

 dible the longest, rather blunt at the end. Nostrils basal, lateral, linear, pervious, 

 partly covered by a membrane. Wings long, pointed, the first quill-feather the 

 longest. Feet four-toed, three in front, one behind ; the anterior toes united by a 

 membrane at the base, and furnished with narrow rudimentary interdigital mem- 

 branes ; hind toe articulated up the tarsus, and only touching the ground at the tip. 



