SANDPIPER. 307 



The Turnstone appears in flocks on the western shores of 

 England, about Penzance and Cornwall, and Aberdaren, in Meri- 

 onethshire, three or four in company ; also on the shores of Norfolk, 

 and in Shropshire. I have received several from the coast of Kent, 

 but do not find them to be constant visitors; Mr. Boys sent three 

 specimens on the 6th of September, 1792, these were males; and a 

 female some time before, weighing three ounces and a drachm. One 

 received from Sandwich, a male, in May, was nine inches long, 

 nineteen broad, and weighed only two ounces seven drachms ; from 

 this we might suspect, that they sometimes breed thereabouts. Are 

 common in some parts of the Continent of Europe, and are said to 

 lay three or four eggs, about the size of those of the Dove, pointed 

 at the end, of an ash-grey greenish colour, marked with various 

 sized spots of dull brown. The young birds are white beneath, above 

 ash grey, striped with blackish, and are hatched the middle of July. 

 This species inhabits also America ; appears at Hudson's Bay, in 

 May, and departs in September ; the nest on the dry ground ; the 

 eggs four, olive-coloured, spotted with black, and are hatched early ; 

 the young seen running about the middle of July : called Gega 

 wash ue. I received also a male from Mr. Hutchins, by the name 

 of Mishee quasha ropa shish. 



H.— Tringa Morinella, Ind. Orn. ii. 739. 45, /3. Lin. i. 249. Gm. Lin. i. 571. 4. (3. 



Fn. Helv. Sepp, iii. t. p. 291. Tern. Man. 351. . 

 Arenaria cinerea, Bris. v. 137. t. 11. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 247. 

 DieMorinelle, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 149. 

 Turnstone, Gen. Syn. v. 190. 37. A. Br. Zool. ii. No. 199. Id.fol. 125. pi. E. 2. 



f. 2. Gates. Gar. i. pi. 72. Bewick, ii. pi. p. 127. 



Tn this, the plumage on the upper parts is greyish brown ; 



edges of the scapulars pale, and two of them white ; forehead, chin, 



and throat, white ; neck and breast before deep brown, varied with 



white on the sides; lower part of the back, rump, belly, thighs, and 



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