84 TURNSTONE SANDPIPER. Class II. 



of that color ; the legs are short and of an 

 orange color. 



These birds take their name from their me- 

 thod of searching for food, by turning up small 

 stones with their strong bills to get at the in- 

 sects that lurk under them. The bird we took 

 our description from was shot in Shropshire. 

 Mr. Ray observed them flying three or four in 

 company on the coasts of Cormsoall and* Mei' 

 reonethshire : and Sir Thomas Brown of Nor- 

 wich discovered them on the coast of Nor- 

 folk ; communicating the picture of one to Mr. 

 JRtfj/, with the name of Morinellus marinus, 

 or sea dottrel. 



Var. A. Tringa Interpres. Tr. pedibus Fatm. Siiec.'No. 178. 



Hebkidal. rubrls, corpore nigro albo Turnstone from ^mc?5ow'5 5a^. 



ferrugineoque vario pectore Edw. 141. 



abdomineque albo. Lath. Arenaria, Le Coulon-chaud. 



Ind. orn. 738. id. Syn. v. Brisson, v. 132. 



188. id. Si/p. i. 249. Hebridal Sandpiper. Br.Zool. 



Tringa interpres. Gm. Lin. 4to. ii. 467. Aid. Zool. 



671. ii. 177. 



XHIS variety is often shot in the north of 

 Scotland^ and its islands ; also in North Anierica. 



X * The editor is informed by the reverend Hugh Davies, that, 

 in severe weather, when it blows from east or north during the 

 months o£ Fehruari/ or March, they are often seen in flocks of 

 from four or five to a dozen on the Green near Beaumaris. Ed> 



