TION. 



Class II. TURNSTONE SANDPIPER. 83 



Tringa Interpres. ^. Tr. pe- Morlnellus Marlnus. Eaii II.Turn- 



dibus rubris, rectricibus ui- Syn.av. l\2. stoxe. 



gricantibus basi albis, cor- La Coulon-chaud, Arenaria. 



pore griseo, pectore nigro. Brisson av. v. 132. Hist. 



Lath. Ind. orn. 739. id. d'ois. viii. 130. PL Enl. 



Syn. V. 190.* 856. 



Turnstone, or Sea Dottrel. Tringa Morinella. Gm. Lin. 



TFil. orn. 311. 6/1. 



Cat. Carol, i. 72. Br. Zool. 125. Arct. Zool. ii. 



187. 



J- HIS species is about the size of a thrush: Descrip-= 

 the bill is an inch in length, a little prominent 

 on the top, very strong, black at the tip, 

 and at the base whitish; the forehead and 

 throat are ash colored ; the head, whole neck, 

 and coverts of the wings, are of a deep brown, 

 edged with a pale reddish brown ; the scapu- 

 lar feathers are of the same color, very long, 

 and cover the back; that and the rump are 

 white; the last marked with a large triangu- 

 lar black spot ; the tail consists of twelve fea- 

 thers, their lower half is white, the upper black, 

 and the tips white ; the quil feathers are dusky, 

 but from the third or fourth the bottoms are 

 white, which continually increases, till from 

 about the nineteenth the feathers are entirely 



* Dr. Latham considers this as a variety of the Hebridal 

 Sandpiper. Ed. 



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