COMMON TURNSTONE. 



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collar on the nape, part of the back, two bands on 

 the wings, one longitudinal, and the other trans- 

 verse, the upper tail-coverts, the middle of the 

 breast, as well as the rest of the under parts of the 

 body, are of a pure white : the forehead with a 

 narrow black band, passing on each side beneath 

 the eyes, down the sides of the neck, and surround- 

 ing the throat as with a collar : the top of the head 

 is reddish white, longitudinally striped with black : 

 the upper part of the back, the scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts, are bright red-chesnut, mottled irre- 

 gularly with large black spots : rump with a broad 

 brown bar: the lateral tail-feathers pure white, 

 the rest black, tipped with white : the beak and 

 irides black : the legs orange -yellow. The female 

 differs in having the black less deep, and the rest 

 of the colours paler. The young have the head 

 and nape of a grey-brown, striped with deep brown : 

 the sides of the head and neck are spotted with 

 white : the throat and fore-part of the neck are 

 whitish : the feathers on the sides of the breast are 

 deep brown, tipped with whitish : the rest of the 

 under parts of the body, the back, the upper tail- 

 coverts, and the lateral tail-feathers, are white : 

 the top of the back, the scapulars, and wing-coverts, 

 are deep brown ; the whole of the feathers being 

 deeply edged with yellow : the rump has a trans- 

 verse brown band, edged with rufous : the feet are 

 reddish yellow : as they advance to maturity the 

 colours become more regular. 



Turnstones feed upon beetles and other insects, 

 as well as marine worms : to procure these they 



