210 TURNSTONE 
The species is abundant in the surrounding lands; a 
large winter immigration takes place in Ireland. It breeds 
in Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides, not, however, 
abundantly in the two latter groups. 
STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Linn.). 
TURNSTONE. 
This bird is probably a regular, though not abundant, 
visitant to many parts of the Manx coast, and parties, from 
six to twenty, may be observed at any time during at least 
two-thirds of the year. The earliest date at which I have 
noted the species is 20th August, when Mr. Graves saw 
one at Langness, and the latest 16th May, but I see them 
comparatively seldom, and I have no doubt that the period 
of their appearance in Man could easily be extended. Mr. 
Crellin, according to Mr. Kermode, has observed the Turn- 
stone ‘sometime during the summer, and he confirms this 
to me, remarking that there were two birds in very beautiful 
plumage. Mr. Baily also states that he has shot the bird 
in full summer plumage, likely in the month of June. It 
is well known that birds sometimes linger very late, and 
even seem to pass the whole season on the British coast. 
At Douglas I have seen Turnstones on the reef of Conister ; 
in Castletown Bay they appear yearly, and may be met 
with at both sides of the town; they are often very tame, 
rising with their peculiar twittering notes almost at the 
foot of the passer from the low tide-rocks which best suit 
them. 
The Turnstone is not numerous on the adjacent shores of 
England and Scotland; in Ireland it is apparently more 
