SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. Family APHRIZIDA 
282. Surf Bird. Aphriza virgata. 
This species, which is found on the Pacific 
coast from Alaska to Chili, seems to be the 
connecting link between the plovers and the 
Turnstones, having the habits of the latter 
combined with the bill of the former. Its nest 
and eggs are not known to have been yet dis- 
covered. 
Creamy. 
Turnstone. 
283. Turnstone. Arenciria interpres. 
Range.- — The distribution of this species, which is grayer above than the fol- 
lowing, is supposed to be confined, in America, to the extreme north from 
Greenland to Alaska. Its habits and eggs are precisely like the next. 
283a. Ruddy Turnstone. Arenciria interpres morinella. 
Range. — Breeds in the Arctic regions, and migrates through all parts of the 
United States, south to the southern parts of South America. This species has 
the upperparts variegated with reddish brown, black and white; the underparts 
are pure white, except for a black patch on the throat, branching upward to the 
eye and back to the sides of the breast. It has a peculiar, slightly up-turned 
bill, which is used, as their name implies, for turning over pebbles and stones 
in their search for food. They nest commonly in northern Labrador, about 
Hudson Bay and in Alaska, laying their eggs in scantily lined hollows on the 
ground, near water. The eggs are very peculiar and beautiful, having a light 
grayish or cream color ground, peculiarly marbled with many shades of brown 
and lilac. Size 1.65 x 1.10. Data. — Mackenzie River, Arctic America, June 28, 
1900. Pour eggs in a grass lined depression in the sand. 
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