Crass IL. TURNSTONE SANDPIPER. 
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_ Tringa Interpres. 6. Tr. pe- Morinellus Marinus. Rati 11. Turw- 
dibus rubris, rectricibus ni- Syn. av. 112. 
gricantibus basi albis, cor- La Coulon-chaud, Arenaria. 
pore griseo, pectore nigro. Brisson av. v. 132. Hist. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 739. id. @ois. vii. 130. Pl. Eni. 
Syn. v. 190.* 850. 
Turnstone, or Sea Dottrel. Tringa Morinella. Gm. Lin. 
Wil. orn. 311. 671. 
_ Cat. Carol. i. 72. Br. Zool, 125. Arct. Zool. ii. 
187. 
Tus species is about the size of a thrush: Descrim — 
the bill is an inch in length, a little prominent 
on the top, very strong, black at the tip, 
and at the base whitish; the forehead and 
throat are ash colored; the head, whole neck, 
and coverts of the wings, are of a deep brown, 
edged with a pale reddish brown; the scapu- 
lar feathers are of the same color, very long, 
and cover the back; that and the rump are 
white; the last marked with a large triangu- 
lar black spot; the tail consists of twelve fea- 
thers, their lower half is white, the upper black, 
and the tips white; the quil feathers are dusky, 
but from the third or fourth the bottoms are 
white, which continually increases, till from 
about the nineteenth the feathers are entirely 
* Dr. Latham considers this as a variety of the Hebridal 
Sandpiper. Ep. 
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