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COMMON TURNSTONE. 
turn over the stones beneath which they lie con- 
cealed, with their beak, and from this circumstance 
they received their name. They reside on the 
sea shores, and on the gravelly borders of lakes and 
rivers ; are most abundant in the northern parts 
of Europe, less frequent in the temperate regions, 
and extremely rare to the south : they do not 
breed with us, but visit our shores in August, and 
depart in the spring, going northward. They lay 
four eggs of an olive colour, spotted with black : 
they generally fly in flocks of three or four in^ 
number, probably the brood. 
