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[138.] 1. Strepsilas interpres. (Illiger.) The Turnstone. 



Genus, Strepsilas, Ii.liger. 



The Turnstone (Morinellus Canadensis). Edwards, pi. 141. 



Hebridal Sandpiper {Tringa interpres). Penn. Arct. Zoo!., ii., p. 472, No. 382. 



Turnstone (Tringa interpres). Wils., vii., p. 32, pi. 57, f. 1. 



Tourne-pierre a collier (Strepsilas collaris). Temm., ii., p. 553. 



Strepsilas collaris. Sab. (Capt.) Suppl. Parry's First Voy., p. cc. Sab. (J.) Frankl.Jowrn., p. C84. 



Richards. Append. Parry's Second Voy., p. 352. Bonap. Syn., No. 222. 

 Talligwee-areeoo or Tellee-goo-aieu, Esquimaux. Gehawjeshew, Cree Indians. 



This common bird reaches its breeding-quarters, on the shores of Hudson's 

 Bay and of the Arctic Sea up to the seventy-fifth parallel, in June, and quits 

 them again in the beginning of September. It halts in October on the shores 

 of the Delaware, but proceeds farther south when the cold weather sets in. Its 

 eggs, according to Mr. Hutchins, are olive-green, spotted with blackish-brown. 



DESCRIPTION 

 * Of a specimen, killed, lat. 57°, Hudson's Bay, in September. 



Colour. — A large spot on the lores, the upper sincipital band, which is prolonged over the 

 eye, borders the ears, and meets its fellow on the nape, the upper half and sides of the neck, 

 the rump, longest tail coverts, tips of the greater wing coverts, bases of the quills, base and 

 tip of the tail, the chin, belly, under tail coverts, and insides of the wings, white. Crown 

 black, with white borders. The base of the neck above, the back, scapulars, tertiaries, and 

 middle rows of lesser coverts, chestnut-brown, blotched with black. Upper border of the 

 wing, greater coverts, and quills dark clove-brown. Shorter tail coverts, outer half of the tail, 

 lower sincipital band, that passes under the eye and spreads over the cheeks, a stripe from 

 the rictus along the side of the throat, the fore part of the neck, breast, and shoulders, 

 velvet-black. Bill black. Legs orange. — Form typical. 



The female nearly resembles the male. The young are less brilliantly coloured, and their 

 markings are less distinct. 



Dimensions. 



Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin 



Length, total . . 10 6 Length of bill above . .0 11J Length of middle toe . IO5 



„ of tail . .26 „ of bill to rictus .1 1 J „ of its nail . .0 3 



„ of wing . . 5 10|- ,, of tarsus . .1 Of „ of hind toe and nail 3J 



3 B 2 



