184 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
Famity APHRIZIDE. Surr Birrps anp TuRNSTONES. 
Arenaria interpres. 
Length, 8.60; Wing, 5.70; Tail, 2.60; Tarsus, 1; 
Bill, .95. Arenaria interpres. 
Turnstone. See page 296 
Famity H/EMATOPODIDE. OvysTEeR-caTrcHERs. 
Hematopus palliatus. aS SS 
Length, 18.50; Wing, 10.50; Tarsus, 2.35; Bill, 3.50. ne ; - ~“ 
Head, neck, and back black; under parts white ; zmatopus palliatus (bill). 
bill orange red in winter, deep red in summer. Hzmatopus palliatus. 
Oyster-catcher. See page 296 
