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TURNSTONE. 



STREPSILAS INTERPRES. 



The Turnstone is a winter visitant in Great Britain, 

 arriving on the sea-coa3t during the month of August, 

 and departing again northward by the beginning of May 

 for the purposes of breeding in more solitary localities. 



The geographical distribution of this bird is very widely 

 extended, as it inhabits periodically all the sea-coasts of 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, and America from Greenland to the 

 very south. In Iceland, the Faro Isles, and Norway, it is 

 plentiful and well-known. In the inland parts of Continents 

 the present species is never found, or only occurs during 

 its autumnal migration to the south, and birds so met with 

 are chiefly single or at most to be seen in pairs, and have 

 rarely proved to be other than young birds that are driven 

 inland by gales or stormy weather. 



In respect of migration the Turnstone differs greatly 

 from the Oyster Catcher by journeying during the night 

 only, and in pairs, but very seldom even in small parties, 

 and always following the sea-coast ; this bird is also irre- 



