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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Genu s—Strepsilas. 
222. Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. 
A winter visitor to our coasts. Fairly plentiful on the 
mainland, especially on the spring and autumn migration. 
Much less common in the Isle of Wight. 
Wise remarks ^ that both male and female have been 
killed in summer plumage; one of Mr. Hart's specimens 
was obtained in August. 
Genu S — HcBmantopus. 
223. HcBmantopus ostralegus. Oyster-catcher. 
Sea-pie. Olive. 
A winter visitor to all our coasts, but much more 
common during the autumn and spring migration, than in 
the dead season. 
Like most of the waders, this bird is less common in 
the Isle of Wight, owing to the nature of the coast. 
.We cannot discern any authentic instance of its 
nesting within our limits at the present time, although it is 
said to breed both in Dorset and Sussex. 
The bird occasionally strays inland, having been seen 
at Freefolk in the winter of 1882-3, and on another 
occasion at Longparish. 
^ " New Forest." 1862. 
