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BRITISH BIRDS, 
TURNSTONE, 
(^Trlnga morlnella, Lin.-— Couhn-chaud cendre, BufF.) 
This bird is like the preceding fpecies in its hze 
and fhape. The bill is fhort, ftrong, thick at the 
bafe, and of a dark horn colour, tinged with red : 
the crown and 'hinder part of the head are dufky, 
edged with greyiili brown ; the fore part, from the 
eyes to the bill, pale brown ; a curved band of the 
latter colour bounds the lower part of the neck, 
points forward, and falls down tov/ards the points 
of the wings^; between this band and the head, is a 
demi-ring of brownifli black, which nearly fur- 
rounds the neck, a branch from which flrikes up- 
wards to the corners of the mouth, and another 
falls down, forming a kind of inverted gorget on 
the fore part of the neck, and fides of the bread : 
