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surface from the breast downwards white. incUiding the under 

 wincr-coverts and axillaries. " Bill black ; feet deep orange-red, 

 claws black ; iris hazel/^ 



Total length 230 mm., culmen 2'), wing 145, tail 58, tarsus 28. 

 Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 



Immature. Differs chiefly from the adult by the absence of the 

 chestnut on the upper surface. 



The descriptions are taken from examples obtained on the 

 Abary River. 



Breeds in the Arctic Regions. 



Ranae in Br'iti'^h Guiana. Abary River [McConneJl coUectlon). 

 Ji.vtralimifal Ranae. South America oenerallv and the greater 

 portion of tlie known world. 



Habits. According to SL-homburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 751) 

 this bird is found on the coast and the mouths of the oceanic 

 rivers of British Guiana. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) x. p. 208) observed this species 

 in British Giiiani, and remarks : — " Closely allied to the Golden 

 Plover is the Turnstone {Strejysilas interpres), locally known as 

 the AVhite-wiiiged Plover. A special feature of this species lies 

 in the fact of its being as common in the Old World as it is in the 

 Xew. a feature already pointed out as quite exceptional in the 

 avifauna of the two regions. In the Old World it is known to 

 nest in extreme X.W. Europe in the early summer, passing later 

 to the south, extending from England to Siheria, and thence 

 niicrrating to Southern Asia and Africa, Polvnesin. and New 

 Zealand for the winter, and returnintr to its usual haunts tor 

 breeding in the spring. 



'• In the New World the Turnstone breeds in the Arctic rocrions 

 generally, eastwards as far as Grecnlanil, and passes through 

 Canada and the United States southwards in the early sprino- in 

 its migration. 



''These birds frequent ihe open flats by the sea, where they will 

 be found turning over witli iheir beaks the seaweeds and stones, 

 under which they seek the crustaceans and molluscs which form 

 the chief part of their food. From this habit they have derived 

 tlie common name by which they are chiefly known in both hemi- 

 spheres. The local name 'White-winged Plover* is given on 

 account of the white bar which crosses tlie inner part of the 

 wing." 



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