COMMON TURNSTONE. 
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collar on the nape, part of the back, two bands on 
the wings, one longitudinal, and the other trans- 
verse, the upper tail-coverts, the middle of the 
breast, as well as the rest of the under parts of the 
body, are of a pure white : the forehead with a 
narrow black band, passing on each side beneath 
the eyes, down the sides of the neck, and surround- 
ing the throat as with a collar : the top of the head 
is reddish white, longitudinally striped with black : 
the upper part of the back, the scapulars, and 
wing-coverts, are bright red-chesnut, mottled irre- 
gularly with large black spots : rump with a broad 
brown bar : the lateral tail-feathers pure white, 
the rest black, tipped with white : the beak and 
irides black : the legs orange-yellow. The female 
differs in having the black less deep, and the rest 
of the colours paler. The young have the head 
and nape of a grey-brown, striped with deep brown : 
the sides of the head and neck are spotted with 
white : the throat and fore-part of the neck are 
whitish : the feathers on the sides of the breast are 
deep brown, tipped with whitish : the rest of the 
under parts of the body, the back, the upper tail- 
coverts, and the lateral tail-feathers, are white : 
the top of the back, the scapulars, and wing-coverts, 
are deep brown ; the whole of the feathers being 
deeply edged with yellow : the rump has a trans- 
verse brown band, edged with rufous : the feet are 
reddish yellow : as they advance to maturity the 
colours become more regular. 
Turnstones feed upon beetles and other insects, 
as well as marine worms : to procure these they 
