. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Family APHRIZID^. SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. Subfamily ARENARIINi^. Turnstones. Bill, shorter than head and horny at tip; toes,four; lower back and rump, white, with black band;legs, comparatively short and Summer. Turnstone. Winter. Adult in summer: General upper parts, mottled and variegatedwith black, white, rufous, and tawny; throat and breast, black andwhite; rest of under parts, white; tail, with subterminal band of black,tipped with white. Adult in winter: Above, light, streaked and dashed with darkbrown; an imperfect band of dark brown on
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . Family APHRIZID^. SURF BIRDS AND TURNSTONES. Subfamily ARENARIINi^. Turnstones. Bill, shorter than head and horny at tip; toes,four; lower back and rump, white, with black band;legs, comparatively short and Summer. Turnstone. Winter. Adult in summer: General upper parts, mottled and variegatedwith black, white, rufous, and tawny; throat and breast, black andwhite; rest of under parts, white; tail, with subterminal band of black,tipped with white. Adult in winter: Above, light, streaked and dashed with darkbrown; an imperfect band of dark brown on the jugulum; chin andupper part of the throat, white; sides of breast, like the back; restof under parts, white; a distinct white band on the wing; rump, white,with a broad patch of black on the upper tail coverts; tail, darkbrown, the tips and basal half of the inner feathers, and nearly twothirds of the outer feathers, white; legs, reddish orange; bill, black. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, i; bill, .95. Arenaria interpres No. 139. INDEX TO KEY TO BIRDS. Group I. Birds having wings less than inches long. See page 2. Birds having wings from to inches long. See page 11
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