S T R E f S I L A S l^TTERPRES.
Turnstone.
Trmga Interpret I mu. ^ h 'N u , lum' l ,p " i j<, - T aih Iiul f w iui. „ J, 73h
Strep ilas Interpree, L/a'eh m Cafc^of Brit" Hfus rf Shoe’ s Got.
Strepsilas collaris. 'Iimmijljiu. ' iW u , loin n p ,;i
Zool., vol. xi pv520. pi. 39.
P S B dispersed-ov-f^c sea-shores of. the" g jg fe -a jfc ’ tbe Tnnistone, for there are
few: o f $«. i * o t ^ ^ a ^ t a n ^ whatever between Australian and European
specimens, nor do examples from America present sufficient variation to warrant any other conclusion than
th it I hi wljoji Sri mu mil llu ^mn_ ip iu i -
I p - i o u l i l L®.MliTh<i tin V ^ 'V p l a c i ..Uhi Turnstone in any one^he-Australian colonies, and I p a s t
* ul hl w a t W the southern parts o |^ p® ;$ o j| {^ and f i n f p m e n ’s Land, la the adult
, b v « y a r jh r t j |& m s e e n , wh% tnfji’y i d n ^ t h e ijggtu r'e d r e ^ a ^ i r ^ w d a n t ; on the contrary, most
yo f tji«} sppe?^iena,gonj Rajne’s Islet and o$e r parts o^ & r r e s ’ Straits areipature bwS^e^thed in the fall
K v i fy p r^ i s d in e plomigi * l iV fd ^ n ^ d in flic d,»
iTy® tsihieh i©%Sjedf»m j f l th ,th e young make an annu il migration towards the sooth and
disperse themselves over every p a rL e&M c ira s ts a r S o n r l^ H h ^ l i . , . tln-'isluiiil, in Bass’s Straits and
Van,I^iemeij’s''Iignd, all .^ 'th lt l i \ 4 ^i ll:as tin I[ontmanh’s^ & o f f i^ o f f the western1 eqa^[ are visited byit.
The habits,;manners and ecqnOjmji o ^ h g ^ d i i^ A u g i r ily d j lV y r i o ^ m h h ^ i t exhibits in I1 urope;
thesg,;^ here, it feeds Qgin.iWe insects, a s ^ | % m i small’bivi^SioUusoa-'and crostacea. which it fi&ds’
by turning over stones with its h ill; -whence its popular name.
Tbe sexes-when aye alike, but the c o lo u r s | p g tK a l e are n o ^ ^ S ^ ^ h o s e o f^ em a le ;
the young even.when they have attained Jhe sere o f th e |$ § g |i f e r ^ oy d i S h l j f ^
The adult has the forehead, eyebrows, an. oval spot' jjpQre eaqlpoyc, the centre of the throat, ear-coverts,
nape of the neck, lower part hauls, abdomen a n d j^m ^ t^ lE ^ e ^ » -M S® i from eye to eye across the
forehead a ha»d-i^-hfedr;r sg%h.S ^®yrowa rds in th e ,c e i( tr^ te ^ ^ ^® f r om the base of the lower man-
.dlhl^ 'Proeeeds a mark of black, which passes upwards teethe eye, dilates backwards towards the ilape, covers
the front o f c h e s t , and bffiircates towards -the in sw dw 'o f t h e ^ n g ; mantle and scapularies reddish
brown irregularly varied with blank; rump blacky things' black, the basal part gfShe inner webs and (he
shafts of the primaries white; secondaries broadly tfpjediwith white, forming a conspicuous bar across the
wings; bill black ; irides black; legs and feet rio.hrQrai]ge, darkest ODi the joints.
'The young has the whole of the upper surface fjwfcthe breast pmttfedTbrown audi Black, the white mark
on the throat much larger, and only a trace o f the"w^tte- ro r tm gsp jijh e lace and nape.
The figures represent the two sexes of the nfiturai size.