Defer. 



37 o TURNSTONE. Clafs II, 



irides yellow : the head fmall and flatted at top : the 

 color white, mofl elegantly fpotted with grey : the 

 neck, fhoulders and back mottled in the fame man- 

 ner, but darker, being tinged with brown -, in fome 

 lights thefe parts appeared of a perfect black and 

 glofiy : the wings were long : the quil-feathers 

 black, croffed near their bafe with a white line : the 

 throat, breaft and belly white, with faint brown and 

 black fpots of a longifh form, irregularly difperfed ; 

 but on the belly become larger and more round ; the 

 tail fhort, entirely white, except the two middle 

 feathers, which are black : the legs long and {lender, 

 and of a reddifh brown color. 



IX. The TURN STONE. 



Tnrnfione, or Sea Dottrel. Wil. La Coulon-chaud, Arenaria, 

 or?.-. 311. Briffbn wv. v. 132. 



Cat. Carol. i. 72. Tringa Morinellus. Lin. fyjl. 



Morinellus Marinus. Rait fyn. 249. 



av. 112. Br. Zoo/. 125. 



THIS fpecies is about the fize of a thrulh : the 

 bill is an inch in length, a little prominent on the 

 top ; is very ftrong •, black at the tip, and at the bafe 

 whitifh : the forehead and throat are am- colored : the 

 head, whole neck and coverts of the wings are of a 

 deep brown, edged with a pale reddifh brown: the 

 fcapular feathers are of the fame color, very long, 

 and cover the back : that and the rump are white; 

 the laft marked with a large triangular black fpot : 

 a the 



