. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Summer. Turnstone. Winter. Adult ia summer: Geueral n])])(r jiarts, mottled and varieirated with l)lack, white, rufous,aiiiltawuy; throat iiud hreast, hlaek and wliite; rest of uuderparts, white; tail, with sul)ter-uiiiial hand of hiack, tipped with white. Adult ill u-iliter: Ahove, light, streaked aud daslied willi dark brown; an imperfect handof dark brown on the jugulum; chin and upper part of the throat, white; sides of breast, liketlie back; rest of tlie uuderparts, white; a distinct wliite hand on th
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Summer. Turnstone. Winter. Adult ia summer: Geueral n])])(r jiarts, mottled and varieirated with l)lack, white, rufous,aiiiltawuy; throat iiud hreast, hlaek and wliite; rest of uuderparts, white; tail, with sul)ter-uiiiial hand of hiack, tipped with white. Adult ill u-iliter: Ahove, light, streaked aud daslied willi dark brown; an imperfect handof dark brown on the jugulum; chin and upper part of the throat, white; sides of breast, liketlie back; rest of tlie uuderparts, white; a distinct wliite hand on the wing; rump, white, hutwith a broad patch of black on the upper tail coverts; tail, dark brown, the tips and basal halfof the inner feathers, and nearly two thirds of tlie outei white; legs, reddish orange;1)111, black. Length, ; wing. ; tail, 2.()0; tarsus. 1 : l)iil. .It;). Arenaria interjires. No. 232. 130 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. FAMILY H/CMATOPODID.^. Oyster=catchers. Toes, three; bill, over inches long. Section 1. Toes, t
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