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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Genus STREPSILAS, IlUg. 
723. STREPSILAS INTERPEES, 
THE TURNSTONE. 
Tringa interpres, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 248, Strepsilas interpres, Jerd. B. Ind. 
ii. p. 656 ; Salvad. TJcc. Born. p. 320 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 154 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 
vii. p. 655, pi. ; Hume, S. F. iv. p. 464 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 433 ; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 112 ; Legge, Birds Ceijlon, p. 900 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 288. 
Cinclus interpres, Hume, S. F. i. p. 233, ii. p. 292. 
Description, — Male in summer. Crown of the head white streaked with 
black ; a broad mandibular stripe black ; another black stripe from the 
central part of the forehead to the eye^ passing down in front, widening and 
spreading out under the eye and extending to the end of the mandibular 
stripe ; remainder of the head white ; fore neck and sides of the breast 
black_, extending upwards in two broad bands,, one on either side the neck 
and nearly meeting behind the neck ; hind neck white ; a broad band 
down the back chestnut ; sides of the back black ; scapulars mingled black 
and chestnut, some of the lower feathers pure white; primaries dark 
brown, the shafts white^ and some of the later quills tipped with white ; 
secondaries chiefly white ; tertiaries brown, broadly tipped and edged with 
chestnut ; wing-coverts brown^ edged paler^ the greater series broadly 
«dged with pure white ; rump and the longer tail-coverts white^ the 
shorter feathers black ; tail white at base^ brown elsewhere, and all but the 
central feathers tipped with white ; centre o£ the breast^ abdomen, vent^ 
sides of the body, axillaries^ under wing- and tail-coverts pure white ; 
feathers covering the thighs brown. 
The female in summer has the head and nape much darker, and the 
chestnut and black markings are less developed than in the male. 
Male and female in winter. The feathers of the black portions o£ the 
plumage become fringed with white or brown and the chestnut becomes 
very dull. 
Young birds have the whole head^ the whole upper plumage and the 
breast brown ; the feathers of the head and body edged with yellowish 
white, those of the wings with rufous ; chin^, throat and lower plumage 
white. 
Bill black ; iris deep brown ; legs orange-yellow {Jerdon) ; legs orange- 
red (Dresser) ; legs in some orange-yellow, in others orange-red (Hume). 
Length 9 inches, tail 2*6^ wing 6, tarsus 1, bill from gape 1. The 
female is of the same size. 
The Turnstone is said by Mr. Blyth to occur in Arrakan, and it will no 
