eminence of the rock, assuring us, by its 'querulous, oft^re/-
peated note, and anxious motions, thatlts nest was there. We
remained in the boat a short time/ until we had watched it
behind a tuft of grass, near which, after a minute search, we
succeeded in finding the nest in a situation in which I should
never have expected to meet with a bird of this sort breeding;
it. was placed against a ledge, of the rock, and consisted
of nothing more than the dropping leaves of the juniper bush,
under a creeping branch of which the; eggs,'four in number,
were snugly concealed, and admirably sheltered from the
•many storms by which these« bleak and exposed, rocks are
visited, allowing just sufficient room for the bird cover
them. We afterwards found several more -.nests,with -little
difficulty, although requiring a. very close- search." In sailing
amongst the .many', islands, with which this ,Coast i&fjevery-
where studded,, we had ilQ. difficulty in ascertaining those'.on
which we should prove successful, and-w^e; frequently led>.to
the spot, from a considerable distance, by the extremef-anxiety
and pugnacity evinced by this bird in its bold attacks upon
the larger sea-fowl, especially Richardson’s. - Skua, ■ Lestris
liichafdsonn, the_egg--devouring enemy;,o$ ©the©; sea-birds.
The several.nests that we examined werg^place'&dn- % saute
situation as the one. described, with the exception-of f c ^ e n e
of which was under a slanting stone,t the j^ther'Ton th e^ a re
■ reck ;., all the contained four eggs/each. Their tim e jk
breeding is about the middle of June,,; The eggs, measure
one inch seven lines in Jengjji, by one. inch two lanes in
breadth, of .an olive green colour, .spotted and streaked. with
a$h blue and two shades o£ reddish brown.” “■
The Turnstone inhabits the shores and islands of the Baltic,
and was also one: .of the birds found byA,M. Vop- Baer at
Nova Zembla, During, the .various northern expeditions from
this country, these birds were seen .at Greenland^ on Winter
Island, at Felix Harbour; and along the coast between Victoria
Harbour and Fury Point, about the middle and towards
the end of June.-^fJ have- !seen ispecimens of old and young
birds-from Iceland*; and Dr. Richardson sayè; This species
reachesits breeding-quarters On the shores of Hudson’s Bay,
and-: of the .Arctic *Sea; up ltd the seventy-fifth parallel, in
June, and quits them, again .in'»-the beginning of September.
I t halts in October on the shores of/thé Delaware, but proceeds
fa rth e t^u ^ h ’wh^^tfi^^Id'rêla^herisets' in.”
, The J u r ^ s t0'nfe«isyweli known rto the ornithologists of the
U;nite4j*State'^;- ?and iriterèstin^s -aciduntsrof ’its habits will be
found* in thfe'WorksfAftWI'son .'and Mf. Audubon : the latter
wortl^'ffiend; Dr. Bafchmanj^^^had’aFird of this
species alivê|^ I^ ^ ^ p êO w « |^ lj^ p n iil!a slight wound in the
wing, when hl^iresenfed i%|4^ ^ d y ,-w h o led it on. boiled
’bread ;^®,4ked<4^Fi®'i%f,*o-ffi,both of #MeËfit wiiS'Wery
J^jnd. It-,eoutinkreM|i -a^ té^ -o f captivity, upwards of a year,
but was :at^||a|it|‘ikilled‘ b y la e fi^ p t.: 1 tf h ad frécdïft'é perfectly
I g j c n c a t - from thé* hanH#?bf rdtSI kind ’mfStrèSs;-'' tfe-
q u e n tl^ ^ ^ ^ ^ rn a-tbasifi? f^lffeÉnear ittibn^tife purpi^flkid
^ v Oriittenaplodito escape,^although left quètefahliberiy^to do
@|%-fe§®-,%r^©uth. <fepsJ the geographical' range of thi# spebi^s
(©3sten.dd.nf the^N ew{ World, -that; -Mr: jGhartés^Darwin obtained
s p e c im eA ^ ^ ^ ^H ^ ^ tö ^ ^ ith - f lh e -Beagle "in the Straits of
Magellan. ■ On the - c o n t i n e n t Eürópe this bird isbfbund
-from Russia^puthward |jg; Italy. ; It -has been* noticed' as
occurring »M a d ,eh%',,ih the ipÉÉty of ‘iferégal; and Dr.
SmitJp,^ as -well as othersF?have ^obtained specimens
at thgf|-Ga|>e Hopf8!$ M. Temminek include the
Turnstone, among the'.Bu,d$f^|^apan, and inentions having
received?, speèimpns alse^from Stóadë, the: Molucca Isles, and
-from New Gujnea^ Thptldnnean Society possess specimens
from NewJiHpllandp'l
The adult bird in summfehas the beak black pthe irides
dark brown ; the forehead;black, reaehiiig to thé dye on each