36 TURNSTONE. 
aa nea, ; : 
73» its claw 4; middle toe 39, its claw 34. Average weight of three . 
specimens 33 oz. 
Male in winter. Plate CCCIV. Fig. 2. — 
In winter, the throat, lower parts, middle of the back, upper tail- 
coverts, and band across the wing, are white, as in summer; the tail, 
and quills, are also similarly coloured, but the inner secondaries are des- 
titute of red, of which there are no traces on the upper parts, they be-- 
ing of a dark greyish-brown colour, the feathers tipped or margined 
with paler; the outer edges of the outer scapulars, and some of the 
smaller wing-coverts, white ; on the sides and fore part of the neck the 
feathers blackish, with white shafts. 
Individuals vary much according to age and sex, as well in size as 
in colour, scarcely two in summer plumage being found exactly similar. 
In a male bird, the tongue is £4 of an inch in length, sagittate and 
papillate at the base, concave above, narrow, and tapering to the point. 
The cesophagus is 4} inches long, inclines to the right, is rather nar- 
row, and uniform, its diameter #. Proventriculus oblong, .8, in length, 
iz In breadth, its glandules cylindrical. Stomach oblong, }} in length, 
its cuticular lining very tough and hard, with broad longitudinal rug, 
its lateral muscles moderately large. Intestine 17} inches long, slen- 
der, varying in diameter from ?4 to 74; rectum 13; ceca 1,8, 44 in 
diameter at the commencement, ;4 toward the end; cloaca globular. 
The trachea is 3} inches long, 2, in breadth, contracts to ; ; its 
lateral muscles very thin ; sterno-tracheal slender, a pair of tracheali- 
bronchial muscles. The rings are very thin and unossified, 104 in 
number. Bronchi of moderate length, with about 15 half rings. 
In a female, the oesophagus is 4} inches long, the intestine 18. In 
both individuals, the stomach contained fragments of shells, and claws 
of very small crabs: which were also found in the intestine, although 
there more comminuted. 
