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George H, Mackay, General Notes, ;_J 
Arenaria interpres.— May 1,1892. There were four Turnstones in full 
adult plumage, standing on the rocks of the Western Jetty this morning, j 
They are the first arrivals this season, and it is an unusually early date < 
for them to appear. On May 27, 1891, I shot eleven at the west end of 
the island. 
On Tuckernuck Island during the northeast rainstorm of May 19-21, 1892, 
t about three hundred Turnstones landed. By the 26th about two thirds 
of them had departed. Strong southwest winds prevailed for the period 
after the 21st. — George II. Mackay, Nantucket, Mass. 
Auk 9 .July, 1892. p.3QQ 
Notes on Certain "Water Birds inMass. 
George H. Mackay. 
There were fewer Turnstones ( Arenaria interpres) during 
the spring of 1S93 than in 1S92; they arrived at the same time 
as the Black-bellied Plovers, just as they did in the spring of 
1S92. They are close friends, and frequent the upland with 
the Plovers, as they do also by themselves. 
Auk XI. July. 1864 p. 226 
