. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 121. THE TURNSTONE. {Trlnga morlnellai Lin.—Le Coulon-chaud cendre, BufF.) This bird is like the preceding species in its size andshape. The bill is short, strong, thick at the base, andof a dark horn-colour, tinged with red : the crown andhinder part of the head are dusky, edged with greyishbrown; the fore part, from the eyes to the bill, palebrown ; a curved patch or band of the latter colour boundsthe lower part of the neck, points forward, and falls downtowards the points of the wings ; between this band andthe he
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 121. THE TURNSTONE. {Trlnga morlnellai Lin.—Le Coulon-chaud cendre, BufF.) This bird is like the preceding species in its size andshape. The bill is short, strong, thick at the base, andof a dark horn-colour, tinged with red : the crown andhinder part of the head are dusky, edged with greyishbrown; the fore part, from the eyes to the bill, palebrown ; a curved patch or band of the latter colour boundsthe lower part of the neck, points forward, and falls downtowards the points of the wings ; between this band andthe head, is a demi-ring of brownish black, which nearlysurrounds the neck, a branch from which strikes upwardsto the corners of the mouth, and another falls down,forming a kind of inverted gorget on the fore part of theneck, and sides of the breast: the colour of the throat iswhite, which tapers to a point on the fore part of theneck : the upper parts of the plumage are dusky, edgedwith rusty or brownish red 5 but some of the scapulars 122 BRITISH BIRDS. next to the wings are par
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