. American game birds . WILSON PLOVERMOUNTAIN PLOVER. RUDDY TURNSTONE {Arenaria in-ter pres morinella). Turnstones are unusualin form, in that the bill is quite stout, pointedand has an upturned appearance since thetop of the upper mandible is perfectly present handsome species breeds on theArctic coast and migrates abundantly alongboth coasts, wintering from southern UnitedStates southward. The common Turn-stone, a grayer variety, is an Old Worldspecies, a few of which breed in westernAlaska and migrate through Japan. TheTurnstone is commonly known amongsportsmen as Calico-back,

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. American game birds . WILSON PLOVERMOUNTAIN PLOVER. RUDDY TURNSTONE {Arenaria in-ter pres morinella). Turnstones are unusualin form, in that the bill is quite stout, pointedand has an upturned appearance since thetop of the upper mandible is perfectly present handsome species breeds on theArctic coast and migrates abundantly alongboth coasts, wintering from southern UnitedStates southward. The common Turn-stone, a grayer variety, is an Old Worldspecies, a few of which breed in westernAlaska and migrate through Japan. TheTurnstone is commonly known amongsportsmen as Calico-back, Horse-footSnipe and Beach Snipe. BLACK-TURNSTONE {Armaria md-anoccphala). Of the same size as the last,measuring about 9 in. in length. Found onthe Pacific coast, breeding in Alaska andwintering south from British Columbia. OYSTER-CATCHER (Hcematopus pal-lia tus). A very large shore bird, measur-ing about 19 in. in length, breeding on theSouth Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Vir-ginia to Texas and wandering to NewBrunswick. BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER (Hccma

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